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Dr. Leon Saltiel, a Thessaloniki-born historian and expert on the Holocaust in Greece, presented at Melbourne's Holocaust Museum on April 24. He discussed his award-winning books, "The Holocaust in: Reactions to the Anti-Jewish Persecution, 1942–1943," and "Do Not Forget Me: Three Jewish Mothers Write to their Sons from the Thessaloniki Ghetto." ....
Representatives of Melbourne's Hellenic community again took part in the annual Dawn Service commemoration organized by the Oakleigh-Carnegie RSL at the iconic Cenotaph at Warrawee Park. ....
Huge crowds return to Anzac services Click the image above to view slideshow Dame Trelise Cooper at Leigh. Servicemen with the NZ Navy and Air Force marched over the Memorial Park bridge at the end of the Puhoi ceremony. At Matakana. Photo, Emma MacDonald. Keith Tennant, left, and Thomas Dowling. After two years of cancellations and disruptions, Anzac Day 2021 dawned bright, warm and clear across the Mahurangi region, prompting an impressive turnout at local parades and services. Speakers at Puhoi – historian Richard Hern – and Leigh – JP Vince Anaki – reminded the crowds that New Zealand had, in both world wars, sent a disproportionately high percentage of its population to fight – and it had suffered correspondingly huge losses. Meanwhile, at Warkworth, RSA president Bob Harrison said the challenges and sacrifices of Covid-19 were in many ways similar to those of wartime. ....