THESSALONIKIThe Jerusalem of The Balkans

by George P. Achillias and Maria Christina Golna

... FACTS

• an amazing community before WWII

• Jewish people, city’s front line runners

• creators, dreamers, doers

... MORE FACTS

• open minded people

• able to travel, to lead, to handle

• unique way to make a place, the center of the region, of the mediterranean world

value creators

...JEWISH PEOPLE•were the machine and the gas of the force driving forward the city of Thessaloniki

... NOW• faded history

• hidden paths

• closed books

• unrevealed stories

... TODAY

• vision

• people beyond conservative approaches

• people love their city, as people from their city

• eager to appreciate and learn about what the city has to offer

young people love their city admire people address communitiesask for more

... AIM

• make locals aware of their history

• reconnect Jewish people with the city

• make the city, a cultural destination

• reveal the magic

make Thessaloniki, what it was, and it can be,

a Jewish Historic

Metropolis

WHAT IT WAS, AND IT CAN BE

find your own path in “The Jerusalem of the Balkans”

... THE PROJECT

... HOW

• live the city through the jewish history

• city’s jewish paths

• discover hidden places

• find out corners ( houses, holy places, schools)

... HOW

• connect today with the past

• enlighten the future

• make the city again a jewish place to visit

... HOW

• organize hosting facilities, make them Jewish oriented

• the city has its Jewish side, language

• hotels offer long weekend

... HOW

build a mobile app about the way to walk and discover the city

create an iPad app, with content, pictures, articles about the city

create a network of stores offering discounts to visitorsgive the city a chance to love more its multicultural history

... THE WAY TO DO THINGS

Thessaloniki lives her Jewish tradition and history

Celebration of major Jewish days, festivities

... MEMORIES

Jewish people discover a city of their ancestors

Greeks find even more reasons to be proud of this city

Community drives, connects, wires, provides,gives, sharesmemories, storiesvalues

public and private architecture &a revolutionary educational system

... A DAY TO COME

where People will spend their days,

in the most amazing city for them, in the region

where past will become

a promising future

... WHY

to discover what it is hiddento appreciate what it worthsto admire what it countsto bring closer amazing peopleto give people back their city