Tag #128004 - Interview #97497 (Sami Schilton)

I heard about the 1986 Neve Shalom massacre [25] from friends at first.  I was in Kuledibi [Galata Tower region, European side of Istanbul, over the Golden Horn] that day and saw that people were running.  I was curious and wanted to know what was happening.  At that moment I saw a friend of mine, Izi Levi, who was also running.  “What is going on, Izi?” I asked him.  “There has been a massacre at the Neve Shalom and a lot of people died” he said.  That’s when I learned about it.  I waited outside for a while and then I left.  I did not want to go inside; I felt terribly sad and a terrible weight on my chest.