Records of the Central Agency for the Custody of Jewish Property (YDIP) Greece

Identifier
irn517208
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.172
  • RG-45.005M
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1949
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Greek
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517208

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

  • World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Greece.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Greece--Sources.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Greece--Economic aspects.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Europe.
  • Aryanization.
  • Jewish property--Greece--History--20th century.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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