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Country: Greece

  1. Αρχείο Αλίκης Ζαμάνη-Μοράλες-Συλλογή Φωτογραφιών Εβραίων Καβάλας

    • Archive of Aliki Zamani-Morales - Photo Collection of Jews in Kavala
    • Archeio Alikis Zamani Morales-Syllogi fotografion Evraion Kavalas

    Family photos from holidays on the island of Thassos before the Second World War and from a visit to Treblinka extermination camp; a list of Jews deported from Kavala.

  2. Συλλογή Καπνεμπόρου Νταβίντ Φαρατζή

    • Collection of the Tobacco Merchant David Faraggi
    • Syllogi kapnemporou David Faraggi

    Correspondence with people in Kavala, Drama, Xanthi, Serres and Thessaloniki about operation of pravite property, lease contracts.

  3. Αρχείο της Ισραηλιτικής Κοινότητας Πατρών

    • Records of the Jewish Community in Patras
    • Archeio tis Israilitikis Koinotitas Patron

    "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." (USHMM)

  4. Αρχεία του Κεντρικού Ισραηλιτικού Συμβουλίου της Ελλάδος, 1943-1990

    • Records of the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece, 1943-1990
    • Archeia tou Kentrikou Israilitikou Symvouliou tis Ellados, 1943-1990

    Consists mainly of files of correspondence between various Greek Jewish communities, with Greek governmental authorities concerning the restitution of the property of Greek Jews, and with international Jewish organizations concerning remembrance. Also included is correspondence with various other, but primarily German, organizations and authorities concerning reparations.

  5. Αρχείο της Υπηρεσίας Διαχείρισης Ισραηλιτικών Περιουσιών

    • Records of the Central Agency for the Custody of Jewish Property
    • Archeio tis Ypiresias Diacheirisis Israilitikon Periousion

    "Contains records of the Central Agency for the Custody of Jewish Property (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." (USHMM RG-45.005M)

  6. Αρχείο Ιωσήφ Σιακκή

    • The Joseph Siakkis Archives
    • Archeio Siakkis Iosif

    Contains records related to the history of the Jewish communities of Greece. The archives are organized into 28 thematic sections. The most important topics are: 1. History of Greek Jewry and Jewish communities of Thessaloniki, Kerkyra [Corfu], Larissa, Volos, Trikala, Zakynthos, Chania, Preveza, Sparta, Chalkis and other major Jewish centers; 2. Antisemitism, Nazi occupation and Holocaust; 3. Collections of Jewish periodicals (Kerkyra and Athens); 4. Records of the Greek Jewish family names, personal correspondence, literary essays and poetry.

  7. Προσωπικό Αρχείο του Εσδρά Μωυσή

    • Personal Archives of Esdras Moisis
    • Prosopiko Archeio tou Esdra Moisi

    Contains Esdras Moissis’s personal archives, which include various records, correspondence, and publications related to the history of the Jewish community of Larissa.

  8. Αρχείο του Οργανισμού Περιθάλψεως και Αποκαταστάσεως Ισραηλιτών Ελλάδος

    • Records of the Organization for the Relief and Rehabilitation of Greek Jews, 1943-1990
    • Archeio tou Organizmou Perithalpseos and Apokatastaseos Israiliton Ellados

    Consists of several thematically arranged sections. Included are property restitution files, correspondence, inheritance documentation, files on individuals, and the like.

  9. Αρχείο Γαβριήλ Γαβριηλίδη

    • Archive of Gavriel Gavrielides
    • Archeio Gavrielides Gavriel

    Consists of the personal archive of Gavriel Gavrielides, a Jewish lawyer who provided legal counsel to the Jewish Community of Rhodes, the Organization for the Relief and Rehabilitation of Greek Jews (OPAIE), the Central Board of Greek Jewish Communities, the Jewish Community of Athens, and other Jewish organizations in Greece after World War II. Also of interest are cases of individual Jews against the OPAIE.

  10. Αρχείο της Ισραηλιτικής Κοινότητας Καβάλας

    • Archeio tis Israilitikis Koinotitas Kavalas
    • Archives of the Jewish Community of Kavala

    Registry Books, Minute books, Correspondence with the Greek authorities, the Central Jewish Board in Athens, the American Joint Distribution Committee and other Jewish Organizations.

  11. Αρχείο του Πρωτοδικείου Αθηνών-Αποφάσεις Προέδρου Πρωτοδικών "Ναζιστικές Αποφάσεις"

    • Archive of the Court of First Instance in Athens-Decisions of the Court's President , "Decisions on Nazi-crimes"
    • Archeio tou Protodikeiou Athinon-Apofaseis Proedrou Protodikon "Nazistikes Apofaseis"

    Applications, proceedings, decisions according to the Law 4781/1961 "Agreement between Greece and Germany on the compensation of individuals who suffered damages from National-socialism".

  12. Αρχείο Ειδικού Δικαστηρίου Δωσιλόγων Αθηνών

    • Archive of the Special Court of Collaborators in Athens
    • Archeio Eidikou Dikastiriou Dosilogon Athinon

    Decisions against Greek collaborators during the German Occupation (1941-1944).

  13. Ιστορικό Αρχείο της Ιεράς Συνόδου της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος/Βιβλία πρακτικών

    • The Historic Archive of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece/Minute Books
    • Istoriko Archeio tis Ieras Synodou tis Ekklisias tis Ellados/Vivlia praktikon

    The proceedings of the Holy Synod for the period of WWII and after the liberation of Greece. There are protests against the German and Bulgarian measures, the deportation of the Jews in Thessaloniki.

  14. Αρχείο της Υπηρεσίας Διαχειρίσεως Ανταλλαξίμων Περιουσιών

    • Archive of the Service of the Exchangeable Properties
    • Archeio tis Ypiresias Diacheiriseos Antallaximon Periousion

    The archive contains material for the so-called exchangeable property, which belonged to Moslems who left the area after the Exchange of the Population between Greece and Turkey (1923), the settlement of Christians and Jews in these properties and the sale of them at auctions. It's very useful source for the relations among Christians and Jews in the interwar period.

  15. Αρχείο του Υποθηκοφυλακείου Δράμας

    • Archive of the Land Registry Office in Drama
    • Archeio tou Ypothikofilakeiou Dramas

    The record of Land Registry Office in Drama kept data on the properties of the Jewish community, OPAIE, KIS and the Jews of Drama before and after the Holocaust (almost 170 individuals).

  16. Αρχείο της Ιεράς Μητρόπολης Θεσσαλονίκης

    • Archive of the Holy Diocese of Thessaloniki
    • Archeio tis Ieras Mitropolis Thessalonikis

    The archival material covers the 19th and 20th centuries and includes the proceedings and decisions taken by the Metropolitan Council; general correspondence with the Greek authorities, foreign consulates, local ecclesiastical councils, other religious communities, as well as the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki and individuals. Among other topics are the relations with the Jewish community and cases of conversion to Christianity or Judaism before and during the Second World War. An important topic is the case of the Jewish Cemetery and the attitude of the Metropolitan Council towards the H...

  17. Τράπεζα Θεσσαλονίκης

    • Banque de Salonique
    • Trapeza Thessalonikis

    The "Banque de Salonique" archive consists of records of current accounts, securities, cashier records and customer records, journals, ledgers and files of incoming correspondence, letters of guarantee, cashier and other vouchers.

  18. Αρχείο Πρωτοδικείου Δράμας

    • Archive of the Court of First Instance in Drama
    • Archeio Protodikeiou Dramas

    Various proceedings and decisions relate to the Jews of Drama after the Holocaust. These items usually concern death certificates and property issues.

  19. Αρχείο Πρεσβείας Ουάσιγκτον

    • Archive of the Embassy in Washington
    • Archeio Presveias Ouasigton

    The Archive consists of documents related to the Greek American diplomatic, political and financial relations, the situation of the American Greek communitites in the States, issues relevant to the Greek authorities in the States, private affairs of Greek citizens. The relevant material to the Holocaust and the Greek Jews covers the period from 1937 to 1957. It contains material about the relations between the United States and the Nazi Germany, the situtation of the Greek Jews during and after the Second World War, property issues of the Holocaust victims.

  20. Αρχείο Ιταλικής Διοίκησης Δωδεκανήσου

    • Archive of the Italian Administration in Dodecanese
    • Archeio Italikis Dioikisis Dodekanisou

    The collection contains files relevant to the Jewish Community of Rhodes, the Jewish schools, the Rabbinical College, the Jewish cemetery, catalogues of the Jewish families, survivors of the ship "Pentko", Jewish companies, the Jewish immovable property, the Jewish passoports for Turkey, catalogues of the Jewish belongings.