Pictures of everyday life in the town.

The sensitive glance of the camera tells us stories which all went off in Kastoria during the 1930s. Smells, tastes, sounds spring up through the
pictures of simple people who walk around, trade in and enjoy themselves in a calm and relaxed atmosphere.

Scenes of celebrations and entertainment in Kastoria in 1937 (Highlight from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
The young Jewish bride enters the yard of the synagogue Aragonia sometime before the wedding ceremony, accompanied by her relatives and friends (Highlight from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
Simple everyday people of the Jewish community in a Cafe in the upper market – Tsarsi (Highlight from the video of Victor Hazan’s visit to Kastoria in 1936, Martin Elias Archive)
The rabbi Solomon Mevorach in the Jewish schoolyard around 1936 (Highlight from the video of Victor Hazan’s visit to Kastoria in 1936, Martin Elias Archive)
All the members of the Jewish community in Kastoria come to welcome their benefactor, Bocko Mayo. (Highlight from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
The poor children’s mess in the schoolyard and the senior officers of the Jewish community who serve the meal to the children (Highlights from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
Students of the Jewish elementary school in Kastoria marching in the schoolyard, in the series of events to welcome the Bocko Mayo couple to the school (Highlights from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
Students of the Jewish elementary school in Kastoria marching in the schoolyard, in the series of events to welcome the Bocko Mayo couple to the school (Highlights from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
Jewish women with their umbrellas at feasts by the lake, in which both Jews and Christians participated, on the outskirts of Kastoria (Highlight from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
The staff and the executive committee of the Jewish community serve a meal to the children at the Jewish school’s yard in Kastoria in 1937 (Highlight from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
The staff and the executive committee of the Jewish community serve a meal to the children at the Jewish school’s yard in Kastoria in 1937 (Highlight from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
Hanou Mayo, the Kastorian benefactor Buko’s Mayo wife, during her visit to the Jewish school. She helped in the distribution of the food (Highlight from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
Teachers and pupils welcome the american Buko Mayo (of Kastorian origin) at the Jewish school of Kastoria in 1937 (Highlight from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
Buko Mayo couple at the entrance of the Kastorian Jewish school during their visit in 1937 (Highlight from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
The town – crier Benjamin Honen who shouted the news and the announcements at the Jewish district in Kastoria (Highlight from the video of Victor Hazan’s visit to Kastoria in 1936, Martin Elias Archive)
Scenes that show everyday people who wander on the streets of Kastoria in 1937 (Highlight from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
Scenes of celebrations and entertainment in Kastoria in 1937 (Highlight from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
Scenes of celebrations and entertainment in Kastoria in 1937 (Highlight from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
Musicians at the synagogue’s yard in a community’s feast or a celebration of a wedding in 1936 (Highlight from the video of Victor Hazan’s visit to Kastoria in 1936, Martin Elias Archive)
Scenes of celebrations and entertainment in Kastoria in 1937 (Highlight from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
Scenes of celebrations and entertainment in Kastoria in 1937 (Highlight from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
The Jewish cobbler Simcas stands on a Kastorian street (Highlight from the video of Victor Hazan’s visit to Kastoria in 1936, Martin Elias Archive)
Kastorian Jewish merchants at the downtown market (Highlight from the video of Victor Hazan’s visit to Kastoria in 1936, Martin Elias Archive)
The town – crier Benjamin Honen who shouted the news and the announcements at the Jewish district in Kastoria (Highlight from the video of Victor Hazan’s visit to Kastoria in 1936, Martin Elias Archive)
Kastorian Jewish merchants at the downtown market (Highlight from the video of Victor Hazan’s visit to Kastoria in 1936, Martin Elias Archive)
The town – crier Benjamin Honen who shouted the news and the announcements at the Jewish district in Kastoria (Highlight from the video of Victor Hazan’s visit to Kastoria in 1936, Martin Elias Archive)
Scenes that show everyday people who wander on the streets of Kastoria in 1937 (Highlight from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
Scenes that show everyday people who wander on the streets of Kastoria in 1937 (Highlight from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
Jewish children who play on the waste ground of the Jewish district in Kastoria, greet the camera (Highlight from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
Jewish children who play on the waste ground of the Jewish district in Kastoria, greet the camera (Highlight from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
The president of the Jewish Community in Kastoria in 1937, Jack Eliau walks around the town accompanied by his wife (Highlight from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
Executives of the Jewish community in Kastoria in Jewish school’s yard in the middle of 1930’s (Highlight from the video of Victor Hazan’s visit to Kastoria in 1936, Martin Elias Archive)
Teachers and pupils welcome the american Buko Mayo (of Kastorian origin) at the Jewish school of Kastoria in 1937 (Highlight from the video of Bocko Mayo’s visit to Kastoria in 1937, Andrea Matza Grass Archive)
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