Fotografien sind, wie Steine, Speicher von Geschichte

Book presentation and talk with the photographer Martin Barzilai from Paris

Admission: 6 €, reduced 3 €
The event will be held in English.

"No quedó nada en Salónica." - "There is nothing left in Salonica." His grandson Martin Barzilai (*1971 in Montevideo, Uruguay) often heard his grandfather Léon Barzilai, who was born in Thessaloniki in 1907, say this. Since 2018, the Parisian photographer has often traveled to Thessaloniki to investigate the disappearance of Jewish life. He photographs the scattered fragments and gravestones of the former Jewish cemetery and interviews and portrays people who are involved in the city's Jewish history. This resulted in the photo book "Cimetière Fantôme Thessalonique", in which he published his photographs in 2023.

In a conversation with photographer Margret Hoppe and author Karoline Mueller-Stahl, which will be held in English, Martin Barzilai will talk about his work and experiences in Thessaloniki, a city with a unique, centuries-long Jewish history that was completely destroyed by the Nazis in just a few years.

This event is part of the exhibition "The Memory of Stones. Traces of Jewish History and German Occupation in Thessaloniki" (until August 8, 2026).