Thessaloniki’s Armenian minority and Jewish past are bound by a shared history of genocide

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The Armenian Genocide took place 110 years ago and is still often dismissed as a consequence of the First World War. President Joe Biden was the first U.S. leader to acknowledge the genocide, in a 2021 move that divided Jewish groups. “In 2014, the Greek government criminalized denial of the Armenian genocide under the same law that criminalizes denial of the Holocaust,” Dagazian said. Agkop Kasparian is president of the Armenian Community of Thessaloniki. “We feel so close to the Jewish community because we have experienced similar tragedies, and we face similar challenges as well,” he said.