Archives of the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki

Consists of historical records reflecting the history of the Jewish community from 1943 to the 1990s. Included are property and financial assets declarations demanded by the German authorities in 1943, certificates issued to the surviving members of the community reclaiming property of their families, applications for German reparations, copies of German payments from the late 1950s and 1960s, certificates verifying membership in the community and relationship to the murdered, correspondence among Jewish communities and Jewish organizations in Greece and abroad, correspondence with local and central Greek governmental authorities, and minutes of the committee investigating local collaborators. Collection also includes documents from the Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, including records from the Jewish community of Kavala, minute books from the Beit Din of Thessaloniki, and accounting books from various community associations and schools.