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Language of Description: English
Country: Greece

  1. Αρχείο Ηλία Παπαστεργιόπουλου

    • Archive Papastergiopoulos Ilias
    • Archeio Ilia Papastergiopoulou

    It includes stories of massacres, mass executions during the Occupation, catalogues of executed people, reports of the National Resistance and the action of Greek People's Liberation Army [Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός], newspaper clippings with pictures and names of rebels, newspaper articles on action of the security battalions, testimonies on Greek Jews.

  2. Εθνική Αντίσταση (Συλλογή Μαρτυριών ΕΡΤ)

    • National Resistance (collecting testimonies EΡT)
    • Ethniki Antistasi (syllogi martyrion EΡT)

    It includes interviews with individuals related to mass executions committed by the Germans, the resistance activities, the action of security battalions, the participation of Greek Jews in the Resistance.

  3. Αρχείο Τεζεδάκης Νικόλαος

    • Archive Tazedaki Nicholas
    • Archeio Tazedakis Nikolaos

    It includes notices, decisions in newspapers for death sentences, executions committed by the Germans, Nazi orders for the Greek Jews and articles on the arrival of Holocaust survivors in Thessaloniki.

  4. Αρχείο της Οικογένειας Τριανταφυλλάκου

    • Archive Triantafyllakos Family
    • Archeio oikogeneias Triantafyllakou

    The entire material is estimated at 565 pages and includes lists of Resistance members, reports on sabotage, proposal for setting up security battalions, documents on deportation of Greek Jews.

  5. Συλλογή Ασσέο Ι. - Χαμπούρη Α.

    • Collection Asseo I. - Chabouri A.
    • Syllogi Asseo I - Chambouri A

  6. Εκθέσεις φορολογικού ελέγχου επιχειρήσεων

    • Reports of tax audit on companies
    • Ektheseis forologikou elegchou epixeiriseon

    During the German occupation (1941-1944) the Greek authorities conducted a tax audit on Jewish companies in Thessaloniki.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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)

  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 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)

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. 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".

  18. 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).

  19. 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.

  20. 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.