Jews in Macedonia

Jews in Macedonia – migrated Jews who, after various grounds, came in the Roman Empire. Here were created and formed their municipalities, and were called Romaniuti. They spoke in Greek. Such municipalities were in Thessalonica (Thessaloniki), Stobi (2 synagogues, from ⅱ and ⅳ century), in Lychnidos (Ohrid), Heraclea Lyncestis (Bitola), in Astibo (Stip), etc. In the Middle Ages of the Central European countries groups have arrived groups of Ashkenazi, who formed their Jewish municipalities and spoke Yiddish. The largest Ashkenar municipality was formed in Thessaloniki. After the persecution of the Jews from Spain and Portugal (1492), large groups of Jews called Sephardi, who spoke Jewishkopani, ie Ladino settled in the territory of the Ottoman Empire. They settled in the cities in which Romanian communities had already existed. With cultural supremacy, the sources for a short time managed to become dominant. They integrated into the system and secured the peaceful survival of communities to the Second World War when a new persecution with the escalation of anti-Semitism started. The Macedonian Jews were deported (March 11, 1943) in the Treblinka camp, where 98% of them were destroyed. Jews in the section “Dame Gruev” (1943) Jews in the NOB (1942-1944). From the members of the Sanki were arrested (1942) and sentenced to Raby Shami Moritz, Moritz Romano, Victor Pardo, Avram Anaph and Eli Fara-Ji. Fighters in the NOO “Damjan Gruev” were of the very formation: Victor Meshuslam-Buvik, Josef Peso (Pupo), Mordo Tadolano (Spiro). In the “Jane Sandanski” section were Fighters (1942): Beno Rousseau (Koki), Mornjah Nachius (Lazo), Nisim Alba (Mickey), Aaron Aroestas. Fighters in the units of a new one (from March 1943) were: Ekrury Ovadija (Mara), Consistently declared a folk hero, homelilla colonos (blooms), Adela Faraji (Kata), Eastury Levi (Lena), Rose Kamhi, Samuel Sadikario (Mo) , Sami Sadeikario, Albert Kosor (Berto), Albert Rousseau (Cate). Lit.: Aleksandar Matkovski, the tragedy of the Jews from Macedonia, “Inteller of Ini”, 1, Skopje, 1958; George C. Dimovski, Bitola Jews, Bitola, 1993. J. NAM. New synagogue Bet Jacob in Skopje Jewish intimate club


Original article in Macedonian language Cyrillic alphabet
Кириличен напис ЕВРЕИ ВО МАКЕДОНИЈА

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