Trajectories of escape from the German persecution of the population of Salonika and Athens

Chapter 3 explores the trajectories of escape of families from Salonika and Athens. It highlights the importance of the exploitation of Jewish property in the involvement of local communities in the denouncement of families to the German authorities and their subsequent torture, deportation and death. The routes of families show the meagre opportunities of survival, for which financial means, connection to a resistance organisation and above all luck were needed. The focus on adolescents shows the violence with which the prospects and dreams of a generation were curtailed.