The Third Cry in Anguish in Salonika

Yehuda Haim Aaron HaCohen Perahia

1943

My feet walk the streets of this blessed city,
Only yesterday full of faithful adherents of Sinai.
My eyes do not have the courage to look up.
The bitterness of my soul is great, O Holy God!
I tremble all over. In my memory a troubling image
Presents itself, making me see the enticing prosperity
Of the Jewish multitude of this beloved city
That…
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Yehuda Haim Aaron HaCohen Perahia

1886–1970

Ladino poet Yehuda Haim Aaron HaCohen Perahia was a descendant of Spanish Jews who had settled in Italy and were notable in the religious community. Perahia worked for a tobacco company in Xanthi, Greece, and was hidden by a Greek Orthodox family in Athens during World War II. During the war years he wrote several novels, a family history, a book of poetry, and information about the Jews of Salonika.

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