Records of the Jewish Community of Salonika, Greece (RG 207)
Extent and Medium
7,819 digital images, JPEG
12 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
Creator(s)
- Fruma Mohrer
Archival History
Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
Acquisition
From Record Group 207 of the YIVO Institute collection. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the YIVO Institute via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in October, 2008.
Scope and Content
The collection contains registration books containing records of vital statistics, 1920-1939; lists of Salonika Jews, circa 1939; records of the Rabbinical Court, 1920-1938; correspondence with the Salonika Jewish Community from individuals and institutions pertaining to housing, administration of Jewish quarters, and the production and distribution of matzo; records and correspondence of the Jewish Communal Council of Salonika, the Commission of Education, Salonica-Palestine, S. A., and the Banque Union; as well miscellaneous documents relating to Jewish life in Greece, circa 1912-1936.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in ten series: Series I: Metric records of the Jewish population of Salonika; Series II: Records of the Beit Din; Series III: Financial Records of the Jewish Communal Council of Salonika; Series IV: Correspondence of the Jewish Communal Council of Salonika; Series V: Correspondence pertaining to the production and distribution of Matza; Series VI: Correspondence pertaining to housing and the administration of Jewish quarters; Series VII: Records and correspondence of the Commission of Education; Series VIII: Records of Salonica-Palestine, S.A.; Series IX: Records and correspondence of the Banque Union; Series X: Miscellaneous documents and printed materials relating to Jewish life in Greece, ca. 1912-1936.
Subjects
- Jews--Greece--Thessalonikē--Identity.
- Thessalonikē (Greece)--Ethnic relations.
- Greece--History--Occupation, 1941-1944.
- Jews--Greece--Thessalonikē--Registers.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Greece--Thessalonikē.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Yivo Institute for Jewish Research