Records of the Central Agency for the Custody of Jewish Property (YDIP) Greece
Extent and Medium
23 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm
39,288 digital images, JPEG
Archival History
Evraiko Mouseio Ellados
Acquisition
Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Source of acquisition is the Jewish Museum of Greece (Evraiko Mouseio Ellados). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collections Division, Archives branch received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project Division in April 2005, and acretion in 2019 of one microfilm reel # 18B (additional postwar materials discovered at the later date)
Scope and Content
Contains records of the Central Agency for the Custody of Jewish Property (Υπηρεσία Διαχείρισης Ισραηλιτικών Περιουσιών, YDIP) Greece, an agency which regulated the expropriation of Jewish shops and businesses in Greece during the war. Contains case files for individual shops as well as regulatory guidelines and operations procedures for the agency. Accretion of a microilm reel #18 (Part B) contains additional postwar materials discovered at the later date. Consist of records relating to general matters pertaining to the employees of YDIP, official correspondence of the administration, protocol books, and applications by Jews to YDIP. for restitution, applications of Christians asking for acquisition of Jewish shops and properties, documents relating to restitution of Jewish property to rightful owners, and accounting documents of the YDIP.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Evraiko Mouseio Ellados
Subjects
- Jewish property--Greece--History--20th century.
- Aryanization.
- World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Europe.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Greece--Sources.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Greece--Economic aspects.
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Greece.
Genre
- Correspondence.
- Protocols.
- Applications.
- Financial records.
- Document
Copies
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