A monument erected to commemorate and honor the 1,484 Greeks from Kavala, who were deported and exterminated at the Treblinka concentration camp during World War II, was desecrated with blue paint in the early hours of Sunday, June 21, 2015.
The installation of the memorial brought international attention on the city of Kavala, in northern Greece, when the city’s mayor, Dimitra Tsounaka, refused to allow it to be erected unless the Star of David was taken off it.
Following an international outcry, two weeks after the scheduled date, the ceremony was held and the memorial was officially installed, after years of delays.
