Itongadol.- “Jewish snakes” was one of the anti-Semitic legends painted on the front of the restored Trikala synagogue, a city located about 300 kilometers north of Athens, where an estimated 40 families currently live.
The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) issued a press release stating that the act of vandalism caused “outrage and deep sadness”, and that the phrase “Jewish snakes” reminded them “that the snake’s egg continues being born in our society, and that the fight against anti-Semitism must be continuous and its surveillance uninterrupted ».
In 1930 the Trikala «Ka’hal Kadosh Yavani’im” synagogue was demolished and a new one was built in its place, which the German Nazis occupying Greece during World War II ransacked and converted into a stable. After the war, it was repaired, but it was almost destroyed in 1954 by an earthquake. In 1957 it was reopened after being restored.
The representative body of the Greek Jewish community also asked the authorities to take “all measures to arrest those behind this desecration and protect Jewish sites in Trikala”, while reminding that in 2018 the Jewish cemetery was desecrated of Trikala after destroying eight graves.
