The anti-Semitic Greek organization, known as “EEE”, which was dissolved by the Greek government some time ago, has now been formed into a political party, openly adopting the Nazi program, in order to obtain the right to exist as a political organization.
Three thousand attended the first “EEE” conference, which concluded with a shout of “Heil Hitler.”
The government is showing its determination to deal strictly with the new anti-Semitic party. Greek police seized tens of thousands of anti-Semitic pamphlets, which have been distributed by the new party among the Greek population.
In the meantime,, Yom Kippur the Jewish Day of Atonement, has been officially designated as one of the seven legal annual national holidays when all shops in Salonica, Jewish and non-Jewish, must be closed. The decree embodying the inclusion of Yom Kippur in national holidays was signed by the Greek president, and published in the official Greek Gazette.
The Salonica chamber of commerce was instrumental in securing the inclusion of Yom Kippur in the holiday list. This is the first case in which a Jewish holiday has been proclaimed an official holiday.
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