The destruction of the Salonica Jewry A personal view

Identifier
irn503463
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1988.A.0091
  • RG-03.008.01
Dates
1 Jan 1972 - 31 Dec 1972
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Portuguese
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503463

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Rosa M. Miller

Biographical History

Rosa Miller is a native of Greece and a former member of the Jewish community of Salonica (Thessalonikē), Greece. She witnessed the deportation of nearly 70,000 Greek Jews from Salonica before fleeing to Athens, Greece, with her family. She left Greece in 1953. Miller presently resides in Silver Spring, Md.

Archival History

Rosa M. Miller

Acquisition

The essay was written by Rosa Miller in 1972. It was translated into Portugese by a friend of Miller's and published in a magazine in Rio de Janiero in 1973. English and Portugese versions of the essay were sent to Yad Vashem by the Israeli Consul General in Rio. A copy of the essay was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Miller in Aug. 1988.

Scope and Content

Contains information about the German occupation of Salonica (Thessalonikē), Greece; the establishment of a Jewish quarter in Salonica; and the deportation of nearly 70,000 Greek Jews from Salonica.

People

  • Miller, Rosa.
  • Rosa M. Miller

Corporate Bodies

  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
  • Germany. Gestapo

Subjects

Genre

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