Farewell to Salonica

Leon Sciaky describes his childhood before the First World War in a prosperous, loving Jewish family in the cosmopolitan city of Salonica. Under the Ottoman Empire, the city's diverse communities - Jews, Muslim Turks, Orthodox Greeks and Bulgarians - met, traded and lived alongside each other day-to-day in an atmosphere of tolerance.

Leon Sciaky isi descrie copilaria dinaintea Primului Razboi Mondial, petrecuta intr-o familie evreiasca prospera si iubitoare, in orasul cosmopolit Salonic. Sub Imperiul Otoman, diversele comunitati ale orasului - evrei, turci musulmani, greci ortodocsi si bulgari - se intalneau, faceau comert si traiau impreuna zi de zi intr-o atmosfera de toleranta.