Golden Dawn

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Golden Dawn: Greek Court Delivers Landmark Verdicts Against Neo-Nazi Party

2:45pm October 07, 2020

by Joanna Kakissis

The court ruled Golden Dawn is a criminal organization. Huge crowds massed outside the courtroom, waving banners that read "Nazis in Prison." The crowds roared after each guilty verdict was announced.

Mois Yussuroum, a 94-year-old retired dentist, fought the Nazis as part of the Greek resistance during World War II. "Of the 650 Greek Jews who fought in the resistance, I'm the only one still alive," he says.

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'We Are Next': Greek Jews Fear Rise Of Far-Right Party

5:22pm September 10, 2013

by Joanna Kakissis

Jews have lived in Greece since the time of Alexander the Great; the overwhelming majority of the community died during the Nazi occupation. Now, 70 years later, the community — and Greece — is confronting the rise of the Golden Dawn Party, a group that espouses neo-Nazi ideology.

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