Deniz Nahmias with relatives celebrating the visit of her husband's sister, Zouli Kastro

This picture was taken when my husband's sister, Zouli Kastro, came to visit us here in Thessaloniki in the 1970s. I am the second from left; also in this photo are: Zozi, Erna Nahmias, Marcos Nahmias, Annita Rousso, Zouli Kastro and my husband, Albertos Nahmias. My husband's sister, Zouli Kastro, immigrated to Brazil but she was visiting us here in Thessaloniki every year. She got married in Thessaloniki and left for Latin America after World War II. Now her children live there, Erna and Zozi, who are twins. Erna went to Israel at some point and she became very religious. One might wonder: Why did they choose Brazil? It seems that the situation was far better there because immediately after they settled there with their children their status was improved. As soon as they got there they found a groom for one of their daughters. He was a Jewish guy from Volos. Her daughter keeps visiting Greece every year with her husband because she feels homesickness, nostalgia. His surname is Sarfati. He fell in love as soon as he met her. Many Jews were living in Brazil and they were very well off and their community was very organized. The community was not devastated there. They live in Sao Paulo. They left because they were afraid of the whole communist climate in Greece after the war. That's why they left. And this was a very wise decision because they managed to find better conditions of living.