Renee Saltiel and Solon Molho grew up in the largest Sephardic Jewish community in the world, Salonika, or Thessaloniki, in today’s Greece.
More than 90,000 Jews lived there during the early 20th century. But by the time the Germans had rounded up the city’s Jews and deported them to Auschwitz during World War II, almost none were left.
Only a handful returned.
The short film “A Bookstore in Six Chapters” tells the story of two Jews who did manage to survive, thanks to a Spanish diplomat and some very brave Greek families.
Watch the full film: A Bookstore in Six Chapters
