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Country: Greece

  1. Αρχείο Ισραηλιτικής Κοινότητας Καβάλας

    • Archive of the Jewish community of Kavala
    • Archeio Israilitikis Koinotitas Kavalas

    The material covers the period of the interwar, the WWII and postwar. It's about the relations between the Jewish community and the local authorities and other Jewish communities in Macedonia and Thrace, the case of the old and the new Jewish cemetery, the economic situation of the community, the education and the communal school, the religious celebrations.

  2. Αρχείο Ισραηλιτικής Κοινότητας Καβάλας

    • Archives of the Jewish Community of Kavala
    • Archeio Israilitikis Koinotitas Kavalas

    A copy of the Bulgarian Census in Kavala in 1942 (395 pages, 884 passport-size photos); a complete list (taken from the Bulgarian archives and translated into Greek) of the Jews of Kavala deported in 1943; 1.667 pages of testimony documenting the identities of Holocaust victims from Kavala (this testimony sent by S. Tsimino to Yad Vashem in the framework of the International Campaign for the Collection and Commemoration of Holocaust Victims' Names).

  3. Αρχείο Ιταλικής Διοίκησης Δωδεκανήσου

    • Archive of the Italian Administration in Dodecanese
    • Archeio Italikis Dioikisis Dodekanisou

    The collection contains files relevant to the Jewish Community of Rhodes, the Jewish schools, the Rabbinical College, the Jewish cemetery, catalogues of the Jewish families, survivors of the ship "Pentko", Jewish companies, the Jewish immovable property, the Jewish passoports for Turkey, catalogues of the Jewish belongings.

  4. Αρχείο Ιωσήφ Σιακκή

    • The Joseph Siakkis Archives
    • Archeio Siakkis Iosif

    Contains records related to the history of the Jewish communities of Greece. The archives are organized into 28 thematic sections. The most important topics are: 1. History of Greek Jewry and Jewish communities of Thessaloniki, Kerkyra [Corfu], Larissa, Volos, Trikala, Zakynthos, Chania, Preveza, Sparta, Chalkis and other major Jewish centers; 2. Antisemitism, Nazi occupation and Holocaust; 3. Collections of Jewish periodicals (Kerkyra and Athens); 4. Records of the Greek Jewish family names, personal correspondence, literary essays and poetry.

  5. Αρχείο Καπνεμπορικού Οίκου Ααρών Ι. Τσιμίνο και Σία

    • Archive of the Tobacco Firm Aron I. Tsimino and Cie
    • Archeio Kapnemporikou Oikou Aron I. Tsimino kai Sia

    This collection holds the archives of a Jewish family's company that exported tobacco from the port of Kavala. This company was the only large Jewish company in post-war Kavala. The family that led the company also donated its family archives from the Holocaust period and documents pertaining to the family's attempts at restitution after the Holocaust.

  6. Αρχείο Κτηματογραφικού Χάρτη Πυρίκαυστης Ζώνης Πόλης Σερρών

    • Archive Cadastral Map of the Burnt Zone in Serres
    • Archeio Ktimatografikou Charti Pyrikafstis Zonis Polis Serron

    A map with dimensions 1,45 by 2,46 meters, on which are plotted individual and communal properties (mostly Christian and Jewish) which were destroyed by the Bulgarians in the arson of the city in 1913. Although not connected directly to the Holocaust, it is very useful for understanding of the city's Jewish past.

  7. Αρχείο Μακεδονικής Διοίκησης

    • Archive of Macedonian Administration
    • Archeio Makedonikes Dioikeses

    The Archive consists of public administrative documents, mainly concerning the region of Central Macedonia, Greece. There are plenty of verdicts by local courts, citizen’s applications as well as administrative correspondence between the local authorities. Related to the Holocaust of Greek Jews is a report made by the Prefecture of Kozani (Central Macedonia region, Greece) on 9/2/1944, referring to Greek prisoners. Among others there are two Jewish names: Algava Bension (Αλγκαβα Μπενσιόν) from Thessaloniki and Zach Abraham (Ζακ Αβραάμ) from Volos.

  8. Αρχείο Νίκου Νικολάου

    • Archive of Nikos Nikolaou
    • Archeio Nikou Nikolaou

    It contains unpublished and published sources about the Jews of Serres. The most important source is the “Old Municipal Registries of Jews” which constitutes the official book of the municipal archive and which ended in the possession of Nikolaou.

  9. Αρχείο Πολεμικών Αποζημιώσεων - Βουλγαρία

    • Archive of the War Reparations - Bulgaria
    • Archeio Polemikon Apozimioseon-Voulgaria

    Issues on the Greek demands against Bulgaria. Material related to Greek Jews under Bulgarian Occupation in the regions of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace.

  10. Αρχείο Πολεμικών Αποζημιώσεων - Δυτική Γερμανία

    • Archive of the War Reparations - West Germany
    • Archeio Polemikon Apozimioseon-Dytiki Germania

    Issues on the Greek demands against Germany. Material related to Greek Jews.

  11. Αρχείο Πολεμικών Αποζημιώσεων - Ιταλία

    • Archive of the War Reparations - Italy
    • Archeio Polemikon Apozimioseon-Italia

    Issues on the Greek demands against Italy. Material related to Jews under Italian Occupation in Dodecanese.

  12. Αρχείο Πολεμικών Αποζημιώσεων - Ρουμανία

    • Archive of the War Reparations - Romania
    • Archeio Polemikon Apozimioseon-Roumania

    Issues on the Greek demands against Romania. Material related to Greek Jews.

  13. Αρχείο Πρεσβείας Καϊρου

    • Archive of the Embassy in Cairo
    • Archeio Presveias Kairou

    The archive contains documents related to the diplomatic, political and financial affairs between Greece and Khedivate of Egypt and later the State of Egypt form the end of the 19th century until the end of the 20th century, the situation of the large Greek communities in the country. The files related to the Holocaust covers the period from 1937 to 1961. The relevant topics are the situation of the Greek Jews in Greece and Egypt, the German compensations to the Holocaust victims.

  14. Αρχείο Πρεσβείας Λονδίνου

    • Archive of the Embassy in London
    • Archeio Presveias Londinou

    The archive covers the Greek-British relations. From 1939 to 1950 the material is related to the period of WWII, the Greek refugees, the famine in occupied Greece, the Greek Red Cross, the war crimes committed by Nazi Germany, Italy and Bulgaria, the National Office for War Crimes, the United Nations War Crimes Commission, the war reparations.

  15. Αρχείο Πρεσβείας Ουάσιγκτον

    • Archive of the Embassy in Washington
    • Archeio Presveias Ouasigton

    The Archive consists of documents related to the Greek American diplomatic, political and financial relations, the situation of the American Greek communitites in the States, issues relevant to the Greek authorities in the States, private affairs of Greek citizens. The relevant material to the Holocaust and the Greek Jews covers the period from 1937 to 1957. It contains material about the relations between the United States and the Nazi Germany, the situtation of the Greek Jews during and after the Second World War, property issues of the Holocaust victims.

  16. Αρχείο Πρεσβείας Παρίσι

    • Archive of the Embassy in Paris
    • Archeio Presveias Parisi

  17. Αρχείο Πρεσβείας Ρώμης

    • Archive of the Embassy in Rome
    • Archeio Presveias Romis

  18. Αρχείο Πρωτοδικείου Βόλου

    • Archive of the Court of First Instance in Volos
    • Archeio Protodikeiou Volou

    For the period of the early 20th century , there are judicial decisions concerning the financial affairs of the Jews in Volos. For the period of the Second World War, there are decisions concerning trade and economic disputes with Christians. For the postwar period, decisions relating to death certificates (mainly from the period 1946-1950), property looted by the Germans, the case of the Christian shopkeepers who had been affected by fire and claimed Jewish property, decisions on compensation to victims of the Nazi period (1961-1964).

  19. Αρχείο Πρωτοδικείου Δράμας

    • Archive of the Court of First Instance in Drama
    • Archeio Protodikeiou Dramas

    Various proceedings and decisions relate to the Jews of Drama after the Holocaust. These items usually concern death certificates and property issues.

  20. Αρχείο Πρωτοδικείου Θεσσαλονίκης - Κατοχικές Αποφάσεις

    • Archive of the Court of First Instance in Thessaloniki - Decisions for the Period of Occupation
    • Archeio Protodikeiou Thessalonikis - Katohikes Apofaseis

    Proceedings and decisions. During the German occupation (1941-1944) people were forced to sell their property. The Court was asked to re-examine the transactions.