Henriette-Rika Benveniste, Λούνα: Δοκίμιο ιστορικής βιογραφίας [Luna: an essay in historical biography]


Published: Jun 19, 2019
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Holocaust survivors Postwar Thessaloniki Jewish community of Thessaloniki
Maria Kavala
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4589-4664
Abstract

Review of Henriette-Rika Benveniste. Λούνα: Δοκίμιο ιστορικής βιογραφίας [Luna: an essay in historical biography]. Athens: Polis, 2017. 222 pp.

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Author Biography
Maria Kavala, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hellenic Open Univeristy

Maria Kavala studied history at the Ionian University and attended history courses at the Paul Valéry University, in Montpellier, France. She completed her postgraduate studies in the Department of History and Archaeology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In 2009, she completed her doctoral dissertation at the University of Crete, entitled “Thessaloniki during the Nazi Occupation (1941-1944): Society, economy, persecution of the Jews”, having received a scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation. She speaks French, English and German. She is adjunct lecturer at School of Political Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

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