Statues of the Bishop and the Mayor commemorate their heroism on the site of the town 's historic synagogue , destroyed in the earthquake of 1953 . In 1978 , Yad Vashem , the Holocaust Martyrs ' and Heroes ' Remembrance Authority in Israel , honored Bishop Chrysostomos and Mayor Loukás Karrer with the title of " Righteous Among the Nations " , an honor given to non-Jews who , at personal risk , saved Jews during the Holocaust . After the war , all of the Jews of Zakynthos moved either to Israel or to Athens
earthquake of 1953
1953 Ionian earthquake
Chrysostomos of Zakynthos