Selected records from the General State Archives in Larissa (GAK Larissa)
Extent and Medium
15,970 digital images, JPEG
Archival History
Genika Archeia tou Kratous. Archeia Nomou Larissas
Acquisition
This collection forms part of the 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 Stavros Niarchos Foundation and Claims Conference.
The source of acquisition is the Genika Archeia tou Kratous -Archeia Nomou Larissas (General State Archives-Archives of the Municipality of Larissa). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archival Programs in May 2021.
Scope and Content
The collection includes archival materials from four record groups: Records of the Court of Appeal of Larissa-Special Court for the Trials of the Local Collaborators in the area of Larissa (Thessaly region) in the former Italian and German Occupation Zones of occupation during WWII. It contains court proceedings and verdicts against local collaborators, who took part in the persecution and killings of civilians during the occupation; Records of Archive of the Court of First Instance of Larissa-Political department (Decisions on Reparations for the victims of the Nazi persecution). It contains decisions regarding compensation to victims of the Nazi persecution and includes court cases of Holocaust survivors as well as of Jews who lost relatives and have filed for compensation; The personal archives of the local journalist, resistance fighter, and writer Lazaros Arseniou (1941-2002) containing copies or originals of historical documents related to the history of the resistance underground organizations in the Thessaly region during WWII; and The collection of documents of the 53rd Regiment of Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS /ΙΧ Division). This regiment was part of the EAM/ELAS resistance organization fighting against Axis powers in the Larissa area during WWII.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in four groups: 1. Archive of Lazaros Arseniou, journalist, 1942-2002 (ΑΕΕ Ιδιωτικά;16.01, GRGSA-LAR_COL016.01); 2. Archive of Larissa Court of Appeal. Case Files of Special Court of Collaborators, 1946-1959 (AEE Δικαστικά 5.07, GRGSA-LAR_JUS005.07); 3. Archive of Larissa Court of First Instance. Decisions on compensation to victims of the Nazis, 1962 ( AEE Δικαστικά 4.05, GRGSA-LAR_JUS004.05); 4. Archive of IX Division of ELAS (National Greek Liberation Army)/53rd Battalion,1936-1944 (GRGSA-LAR_COL024.01_000001)
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Genika Archeia tou Kratous (Greece)
People
- Arseniou, Lazaros, 1941-2002.
Subjects
- World War, 1939 -1945--Confiscations and contributions--Europe.
- Greece--History--20th century.
- Collaborationists--Greece--History--20th century.
- Court records--Greece--Larisa--History--20th century--Sources.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Greece.
- Jewish property--Greece--History--20th century.
- Larisa (Greece)
- Holocaust survivors--Greece--Larisa--History.
- Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Greece--History.
- Crime and criminals--Greece--History--20th century.
- Jews--Persecutions--Greece--Larisa.
Genre
- Court records.
- Registers.
- Minutes.
- Document
- Correspondence.
- Orders.