Rhodes - Discover the Unknown Rhodes

The first Jews arrived on
Rhodes in the second
century B.C. and the
comunity slowly grew. In
the twelfth century many
Jewish intellectuals, like the
Spaniard Benjamin de
Tudela and the Italian
Meshulam da Volterra,
visited Rhodes and admired
the beauty of the houses,
the commercial activities
and, in particular, the
production of precious
cloth. After centuries of
peaceful cohabitation with
the Greeks and even the
Ottomans, the community
collapsed under the
German occupation:
arrested, tortured and
deprived of their property,
the Jews were deported to
Auschwitz and only a
handful survived.
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