Salonika’s Lost Children – Σαλέμ Στέλλα – Εκδόσεις Επίκεντρο

After 8 years of research in the Thessaloniki Registry, we have found records of births for the years 1925-1936. We are still searching and trying to ascertain whether any of these children have survived. On this basis, we cross-referenced those data, checking through many other available archives and complementary sources. We have thus found out that around 500 of the Jewish children, who were born from 1925 to 1936, in Salonika, survived, while more than 10,000 were brutally killed by the Nazis, in Auschwitz-Birkenau. The loss sustained was greater in the pre-school cohort: less than 100 children of that group survived and more than 4,500 were assassinated.

Stella Salem was born in Salonika. She studied Economics and Law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She taught economics at the Aristotle University. She also practised Law. She wrote many books and articles. Specifically: The Old Jewish Cemetery of Thessaloniki, The immobile property of the Jews of Salonika during the German Occupation and until the end of the decade (1941-1949).

Η Στέλλα Σαλέμ γεννήθηκε στη Θεσσαλονίκη. Σπούδασε Οικονομικά και Νομικά στο Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης. Δίδαξε Οικονομικά στο Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο. Άσκησε ενεργή δικηγορία. Έγραψε πολλά άρθρα και μελέτες. Κυριότερα : Το παλιό Εβραϊκό Νεκροταφείο της Θεσσαλονίκης. Η ακίνητη περιουσία των Εβραίων της Θεσσαλονίκης κατά τη διάρκεια της γερμανικής κατοχής και μέχρι το τέλος της δεκαετίας (1941-1949).