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There were 900 Jews in Kastoria in 1940. OnMarch 25, 1944, 763 of them were roundedup for deportation, first to Thessaloniki and thento Auschwitz-Birkenau. Prior to their deportation,they were enclosed in an abandoned school fordays, with no food or water, and the young girlswere raped by German soldiers. Thirty-five Jewssurvived the <strong>Holocaust</strong> in Kastoria. In 1996, aThe dedication of a <strong>Holocaust</strong> memorial inKastoria in 1996Jewish <strong>Museum</strong> of Greece<strong>Holocaust</strong> memorial was dedicated in honor ofthe vicitms.U n i t e d S t a t e s H o l o c a u s t M e m o r i a l M u s e u m10

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