Γενικά Αρχεία του Κράτους - Αρχεία Νομού Καβάλας

General State Archives - Regional Archives of Kavala
Genika Archeia tou Kratous - Archeia Nomou Kavalas

Address

1 Mitropoleou and Palaiologou Str.
Kavala
Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
Τ.Θ. 1158
Greece

Phone

+302510232697

Fax

+302510232697

Email

mail@gak.kav.sch.gr

Web

http://gak.kav.sch.gr/

History

The General State Archives - Regional Archives of Kavala was founded in 1993.

Geographical and Cultural Context

Local history for the city of Kavala and the area within the Kavala regional unit.

Mandates/Sources of Authority

The GSA in Kavala is a public archive in Greece.

Building(s)

The Archives are located on the 2nd floor of a building in the city centre.

Archival and Other Holdings

Administrative, juridical, educational, police archives; correspondence files, photograph collections, maps and plans collections, newspapers and periodicals collections, postcards collection, books collection. Archives and collections cover the 19th and 20th centuries.

Finding Aids, Guides, and Publication

The holdings are indexed and computer-searchable on-site with archivist's assistance.

Opening Times

The reading room is open Monday to Friday: 9:00 am to 14:00 pm. The Archives are closed on public holidays.

Conditions of Access

Photocopying is by request only and involves an assessment by staff to determine if it is possible, with the item's preservation needs of the item taking precedence. Digital cameras are allowed. The use of lap-tops is permitted. Researchers must seek the written permission of the archivist before publication of any material from the archival holdings, and such publication much acknowledge the Archives source.

Research Services

Research room is equipped with computers whose on-site Intranet programs allow searching and viewing material not accessible via off-site (Internet) user.

Reproduction Services

There are charges for photocopying/digital output. Services free of charge: entry to the reading room; use of finding aids/catalogues/computers; assistance from staff. Some archival holdings have been digitized and are available for viewing and printing at no cost on the Greek State Archives website's Digital Archive Collections/Archives of Kavala ("Archeiomnimon"). Any copies that a researcher purchases are for personal use only. Copyright permission must be sought for further reproduction or publication.

Sources

Entry by V. Ritzaleos based on on site survey and information from the archive.

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Αρχείο Τμήματος Δημοτικής Κατάστασης Δήμου Καβάλας
- Archive of the Municipal Registry of the Municipality of Kavala
- Archeio Tmimatos Dimotikis Katastasis Dimou Kavalas
- Γενικά Αρχεία του Κράτους - Αρχεία Νομού Καβάλας
- ABE 194
- English
- 1914-1973
- 1 folder; 247 books
- Updated 1 year ago
Municipal registers of Kavala, registers of males, correspondence protocol books, register books of births - baptisms, marriages. Contains information about Jewish residents of Kavala
Αρχείο Ισραηλιτικής Κοινότητας Καβάλας
- Archives of the Jewish Community of Kavala
- Archeio Israilitikis Koinotitas Kavalas
- Γενικά Αρχεία του Κράτους - Αρχεία Νομού Καβάλας
- ABE 204
- English
- 1915-1998
- 1 book, 178 documents, 2 newspapers, 23 photos
- Updated 10 years ago
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).
Αρχείο Πρωτοδικείου Καβάλας
- Archive of the Court of First Instance in Kavala
- Archeio Protodikeiou Kavalas
- Γενικά Αρχεία του Κράτους - Αρχεία Νομού Καβάλας
- ABE 207
- English
- 1932-1960
- 123 books, 441 volumes
- Updated 10 years ago
Some proceedings and decisions relate to the Jews of Kavala before and after the Holocaust. Post-war cases generally concern death certificates and property issues.
Συντονιστικό Γραφείο Μειονοτικών Σχολείων (πρώην Επιθεώρηση Θρησκευμάτων, Τεχνικών, Ξένων και Μειονοτικών Σχολείων Γενικής Διοικήσεως Μακεδονίας)
- Coordinating Office of Minority Schools
- Γενικά Αρχεία του Κράτους - Αρχεία Νομού Καβάλας
- ABE 215, 266
- English
- 1907-1999
- 17 books, 21 notebooks, 182 folders, 1 map
- Updated 1 year ago
Archive of the Directorate of Religious Affairs, Foreign and Minority Schools of the General Administration of Macedonia: Reports, memoranda, caralogues, etc. regarding Occupation and civil war, 1941-1949; Inspection Archive: Circulars and Orders, reports and memos about foreign and minority schools (Armenian, Jewish, Catholic, Muslim, etc.), foreign monasteries, foreign clergy, etc., 1941-1955; Foreign private schools: Tables of enrolled students by nationality, religion, language,1947-1948; Incoming documents from the General Administration of Macedonia and the German Authorities: Reports...
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
- Γενικά Αρχεία του Κράτους - Αρχεία Νομού Καβάλας
- ABE 225
- English
- 1945-1970
- 160 books, 120 files, 300 periodicals, 150 newspapers (10 linear meters)
- Updated 10 years ago
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.
Αρχείο της Οικογένειας Ααρών και Σαμπετάι Τσιμίνο
- Archive of the Family of Aron and Sabetai Tsimino
- Archeio tis Oikogenias Aron kai Sabetai Tsimino
- Γενικά Αρχεία του Κράτους - Αρχεία Νομού Καβάλας
- ABE 280
- English
- 1944-1974
- 0,5 meters, 1.410 documents, 672 periodicals, 217 newspapers, 28 photographs
- Updated 10 years ago
Family correspondence with survivors from Kavala who migrated to Israel and Argentina, and with organisations and departments of public services in Israel, Greece and Argentina about the Holocaust and issues of compensation in and from Bulgaria.
Αρχείο Αλίκης Ζαμάνη-Μοράλες-Συλλογή Φωτογραφιών Εβραίων Καβάλας
- Archive of Aliki Zamani-Morales - Photo Collection of Jews in Kavala
- Archeio Alikis Zamani Morales-Syllogi fotografion Evraion Kavalas
- Γενικά Αρχεία του Κράτους - Αρχεία Νομού Καβάλας
- ABE 567
- English
- 1930-1995
- 1 box with 43 photos and a document.
- Updated 10 years ago
Family photos from holidays on the island of Thassos before the Second World War and from a visit to Treblinka extermination camp; a list of Jews deported from Kavala.
Συλλογή Καπνεμπόρου Νταβίντ Φαρατζή
- Collection of the Tobacco Merchant David Faraggi
- Syllogi kapnemporou David Faraggi
- Γενικά Αρχεία του Κράτους - Αρχεία Νομού Καβάλας
- ABE 631
- English
- 1940-1941
- 1 file, 42 documents.
- Updated 10 years ago
Correspondence with people in Kavala, Drama, Xanthi, Serres and Thessaloniki about operation of pravite property, lease contracts.