Records of the Jewish Community of Patras, Greece
Extent and Medium
2,751 digital images, JPEG
1 DVD-ROM, 4 3/4 in.
Creator(s)
- Zanet I. Battinou
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 Archives received the collection from the Jewish Museum of Greece via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in March 2009.
Scope and Content
Consists of correspondence files concerning the postwar activities of the Jewish community of Patras. Topics include restitution, commemoration of Holocaust victims, elections to the Board of the Jewish Community, burial permissions, maintenance of the Jewish cemetery, and disposal of the community’s property. There are also financial records, minutes of Board meetings, and a list of community members.
Subjects
- Patrai (Greece)
- Jews--Greece--History--20th century.
- Jewish cemeteries.
Genre
- Minutes.
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Evraiko Mouseio Ellados