Archival Descriptions

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Country: Greece
  1. Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs Archives

    This collection contains records from the "Jewish Collection-Archives of the History of the Jews in Greece, 1885-1957". Copies of documents taken from various fonds in the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs Archives, mainly from the central political files and the reports from Greek embassies and consulates, to create the "Jewish Collection".

  2. History of Jewish Construction and Architectural Activity in Thessaloniki: Jewish-owned commercial use buildings accomodating stores, offices and workshops (1922-1930)

    • History of Jewish Construction and Architectural Activity in Thessaloniki
    • Εβραϊκό Μουσείο Θεσσαλονίκης
    • JMT.11
    • English
    • 1922-1930
    • A website and an application for smartphones containing information for approximately 125 buildings, all of which were built by Jewish owners during the reconstruction of Thessaloniki in the aftermath of the Great Fire of 1917.

    The project includes an exhibition of archival material, applications for smartphones (iOS and Android) and a dedicated website. The project explores the conditions in Thessaloniki’s commercial center following the redevelopment and redistribution of land that took place in the 1920s, which resulted in the destruction of the traditional urban fabric of Jewish residential districts that had coexisted with commercial activities for centuries. The redistribution of land and the new urban plan that followed the Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917 forced the vast majority of Jewish families to reloc...

  3. Jewish Legacy in Thessaloniki

    The website and the application contain information on the various aspects of the Jewish presence in Thessaloniki, such as religious life and tradition, daily life, economic and financial life, publishing activities, organisations and foundations, maps, the Holocaust and its aftermath. Both the website and the application contain photographs and the exact locations of existing and non existing synagogues, schools and foundations, historical buildings and jewish quarters, markets, and memorial sites. The website and the application also include maps of six suggested walking tours around the ...

  4. Mapping the childhood

    • Χαρτογραφώντας την παιδική ηλικία

    The "Mapping the Childhood" digital application is the result of a research project (2021) aiming at compiling data on Jewish students in Thessaloniki from the archives of various types of schools (community schools, public and private schools, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki). Information on approximately 3,500 students in total was compiled. The data compiled were integrated into the website, which provides information on the age and time of enrolment of each student, the school and grades they attended, the names of their parents, their...

  5. The Photographic Archive of the Jewish Museum of Greece

    • Φωτογραφικό Αρχείο του Εβραϊκού Μουσείου της Ελλάδος

    The photographic archive of the JMG includes a large number of photographs that cover all aspects of Jewish life and tradition in Greece. The photographic material consists of original black-and-white photographs, printed copies of original pictures, colour photographs and slides. The main body of this material is the primary archive of original photographs, which have been donated to the Museum by their owners and which are kept separately. These photographs have been copied and replaced with 13 x 18 cm copies, as well as film negatives and contact prints of those. The access to the origin...

  6. Thessaloniki Jewish Community Records

    The collection (1939-1945; bulk 1943) contains registration records for over 13,000 Jews of Thessaloniki that were completed prior to their deportation to Auschwitz. The cards contain personal information as well as itemized lists of real and material property subsequently Aryanized by occupying forces and Greek collaborators.

  7. USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive

    A repository of Holocaust testimonies expanded with testimonies of other genocides.

  8. Yale Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

    The Fortunoff Archive consists of testimonies of willing individuals with first-hand experience of the Nazi persecutions, including those who were in hiding, survivors, bystanders, resistants, and liberators. Testimonies were recorded in whatever language the witness preferred, and range in length from 30 minutes to over 40 hours (recorded over several sessions).

  9. Απονομή τίτλου ιπποσύνης στον Elia Modiano

    • Award of Knighthood to Elia Modiano
    • Aponomi titlou ipposinis ston Elia Modiano

    Document awarding the title of knighthood "Cavaliere del Suo Ordine della Corona d' Italia" to Elia Modiano by the King Victor-Emmanuel of Italy

  10. 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.

  11. Αρχείο 40ού Δημοτικού Σχολείου Θεσσαλονίκης (Ιωαννιδείου)

    • Archive of 40th Public Elementary School of Thessaloniki (Ioanideio)
    • Archeio 40ou Dimotikou Scholeiou Thessalonikis (Ioannideiou)

    Student records containing names of Jewish pupils and other administrative records.

  12. Αρχείο 8ου Δημοτικού Σχολείου Λάρισας

    • 8th Public Elementary School of Larissa

    Since 1931 there has been a Jewish school in Larissa which was founded and operates under a special Law of the Greek State as a Public School, under the title: "8th Primary School of Larissa (Jewish). The archive of the 8th Primary School of Larissa covers the years 1944 - 1997 and consists of books and folders with various documents produced during the daily operation of the school.

  13. Αρχείο Α΄ Γυμνασίου Θηλέων Θεσσαλονίκης

    • 1rst Girls Highschool Archive
    • Archeio A' Gymnasiou Thileon Thessalonikis

    Student records containing names of Jewish pupils, correspondence protocols and other administrative records.

  14. Αρχείο Α.Ε. Αντιπροσωπειών Ισαάκ Μ. Ασσέο

    • Archive of the Representation Company S.A Isaac Asseo
    • Archeio A.E. Antiprosopeion Isaak M. Asseo

    Commercial correspondence of Isaac M. Asseo Representation Company.

  15. 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.

  16. Αρχείο Ανωτάτης Διευθύνσεως Δημοσίας Εκπαιδεύσεως της Προσωρινής Κυβέρνησης Θεσσαλονίκης

    • Archive of the Supreme Directorate of Public Education of the Provisional Government of Thessaloniki

    The archive is part of the archives of the Provisional Government of Thessaloniki (1916-1917). It is a source of information on important social and political issues of the New Countries (Macedonia & Thrace) in the face of the WWI and the National Schism (Ethnikos Dichasmos) in Greece. In the archive there is evidence concerning the actions of the Entente forces in Macedonia. It includes the correspondence of the adviser of Public Education with officials of the services of the Army of the Orient (Armée d' Orient), on matters of food supply, movement control, the release of detainees an...

  17. Αρχείο Αστικού Γυμνασίου Αρρένων Θεσσαλονίκης

    • Archive of "Astiko" Boys Highschool
    • Archeio Astikou Gymnasiou Arrenon Thessalonikis

    Student records containing names of Jewish pupils, Books of certificates of studies, Personnel register, other administrative records.

  18. Αρχείο Ασφαλιστικής Εταιρείας "La Nationale"

    • Archive of Insurance Company "La Nationale"
    • Archeio Asfalistikis Etairias "La Nationale"

    7 folders containing insurance contracts, accounting tables, receipts, circulars, correspondence. 3 folders containing 51 proposals concerning Jewish people. 84 payment documents and payment receipts. About 200 letters and various company documents.

  19. Αρχείο Βιοτεχνικού Επιμελητηρίου Θεσσαλονίκης

    • Archive of the Thessaloniki Chamber of Handicrafts
    • Archeio Viotechnikou Epimeleteriou Thessalonikes

    In 1925, the Chamber of Trade and Manufacture was established in Thessaloniki. In 1940, under the 2429/1940 law of the Greek state, it was divided in two separate organi-zations and the Thessaloniki Chamber of Handicrafts (TCH) was created. Since then, TCH has the obligation to register any handcrafting activity inside the city of Thessaloniki. In its eighty-five years of continuous operation, TCH was associated with all the major economic events of the country, providing a thorough view of the handicraft activity of the city through time.

  20. 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.