The Museum’s Collections document the fate of Holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more. Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the Shapell Center.
…Dora Levy was born on January 3, 1928, to Sarina (Perahia) and Salomon Izhak Levy. She was raised in Salonika (Thessalonikē), Greece. In 1942, the…
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… included Photo 16 Nina Molina, cousin of Solomon Saltiel, Komotini, Greece, perished in the Holocaust. Levy Family Photo 1 The Solomon Levy, SalonikaGreece…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1242 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1242
Date:
interview: 1988 October 29
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Israel Nadjari describes his childhood in Salonika, Greece; his marriage, children and business; the Nazi invasion of Greece in 1941; being moved to…
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… Israel Nadiari. was born in Greece in Seronica ph. When April 14 1914. In 1940 believe 40 to 41 the Germans they came when was -- was working in my own…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.784 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0784
Date:
interview: 1989 December 05
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The interview describes Ms. Rouben's childhood in Salonika, Greece, her marriage in 1941, her memories of the German occupation and witnessing…
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… they? The police? Greek, the Greek. I mean, Athens and Salonika, everything is Greece. But it's the north and the south, you know. https://collections…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1076 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1076
Date:
interview: 1989 August 08
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Paulette Sevi discusses her childhood in Salonika (Thessalonike), Greece; her family life; her education in a private school; her religious…
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… really didnt have too much in common. COULD YOU JUST TELL ME FOR THE REST OF GREECE HOW MANY JEWS DO YOU THINK WERE OUTSIDE OF SALONIKASalonikaSalonika…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.614 | RG Number: RG-50.477.0614
Date:
interview: 1989 September 19
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…The interview describes Mr. Aelion's childhood in Salonika (Thessaloniki), Greece; his experiences in the military from 1939-1940; his return to…
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…: Elias Aelion was born in 1918 in Salonika, Greece (Thessaloniki on some maps). He comes from a deeply religious Jewish family who sent him to a private…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1999.A.0122.1776 | RG Number: RG-50.477.1776
Date:
interview: 1981 November 09
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Isaac Sevi discusses his early years in Salonika, Greece; the history and culture of the Jewish community there; the changes he experienced after the…
Oral History | Accession Number: 2019.402.1 | RG Number: RG-90.103.0001
Date:
interview: 1980 November-1981 February
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Salvator Moshe, born in 1915 in Salonika (Thessalonike), Greece, discusses his family’s background; his four sisters; his childhood; his extended…
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…SALVATOR MOSHE (Recorded 1980 in Milwaukee) Salvator Moshe was born in 1915 in Salonika, Greece and traces his families roots back to the Spanish…
Oral History | Accession Number: 1995.A.1281.1 | RG Number: RG-50.146.0001
Date:
interview: 1989 November 14
Special Collection:
The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
…Maurice Benadon, born to Jewish parents in 1914, describes his childhood growing up in Thessaloniki, Greece, where his father worked in textiles…
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… up in Thessaloniki (Salonique) Greece where his father worked in textiles; one of four children, Benadon went to a school run by the Jews where he…
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