Back to newsA conference was held in Crete dedicated to the sinking of the TANAIS, a German vessel that went down in June 1944 while transporting the nearly 300 members of Crete's Jewish community to Nazi concentration camps. The ship was torpedoed in the Aegean Sea, killing almost all aboard, effectively ending centuries of Jewish presence on the island. The conference brought together historians, researchers, and community representatives to examine this largely overlooked chapter of Cretan history and honor the victims. For visitors interested in World War II history or Jewish heritage in Greece, Crete holds several sites of remembrance connected to this tragedy. The Jewish community of Heraklion, known as the Romaniote community, had roots on the island stretching back over 2,000 years before its near-total destruction in 1944.
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Conference Examines 1944 TANAIS Sinking That Decimated Cretan Jews
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