BY-STANDING AND STANDING-BY
Director FOFO TERZIDOU
Countries Greece
Duration 73 min
Synopsis
The documentary that is a 100% independent production looks into the Shoah of Europe's most ancient Jewish community, that of Thessaloniki and the unknown story of rescue - only 60 km south of Salonica - of the Katerini Jews, Greece's smallest Jewish community at the time. Historic memory and its destruction, collective trauma and the construction of the official version of events as well as stereotypes and prejudices are issues dealt with by the documentary. The film contains testimonies of Katerini survivors and their family members as well as analyses of events by major historians and other scientists.
The documentary that is a 100% independent production looks into the Shoah of Europe's most ancient Jewish community, that of Thessaloniki and the unknown story of rescue - only 60 km south of Salonica - of the Katerini Jews, Greece's smallest Jewish community at the time. Historic memory and its destruction, collective trauma and the construction of the official version of events as well as stereotypes and prejudices are issues dealt with by the documentary. The film contains testimonies of Katerini survivors and their family members as well as analyses of events by major historians and other scientists.