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Records of the Jewish Community of Salonika, Greece (RG 207)

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2008.151 | RG Number: RG-67.018M

Overview

Description: The collection contains registration books containing records of vital statistics, 1920-1939; lists of Salonika Jews, circa 1939; records of the Rabbinical Court, 1920-1938; correspondence with the Salonika Jewish Community from individuals and institutions pertaining to housing, administration of Jewish quarters, and the production and distribution of matzo; records and correspondence of the Jewish Communal Council of Salonika, the Commission of Education, Salonica-Palestine, S. A., and the Banque Union; as well miscellaneous documents relating to Jewish life in Greece, circa 1912-1936.
Date: inclusive: 1912-1954
Collection Creator: Yivo Institute for Jewish Research

Physical Details

Language: Ladino Greek Hebrew French German English Italian Yiddish
Extent: 7,819 digital images : JPEG ; 5.31 GB.
12 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
System of Arrangement: Arranged in ten series: Series I: Metric records of the Jewish population of Salonika; Series II: Records of the Beit Din; Series III: Financial Records of the Jewish Communal Council of Salonika; Series IV: Correspondence of the Jewish Communal Council of Salonika; Series V: Correspondence pertaining to the production and distribution of Matza; Series VI: Correspondence pertaining to housing and the administration of Jewish quarters; Series VII: Records and correspondence of the Commission of Education; Series VIII: Records of Salonica-Palestine, S.A.; Series IX: Records and correspondence of the Banque Union; Series X: Miscellaneous documents and printed materials relating to Jewish life in Greece, ca. 1912-1936.

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Conditions on Access: This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
Conditions on Use: For scholarly use only, no reproduction without permission. Files shall not be copied or shared in any way with another individual or institution. Information on these files of a personal or confidential nature shall not be shared with third parties, neither through hard copy printouts nor by making copied files. For permission to reproduce documents write to the Chief Archivist, YIVO Archives at: reference@yivo.org.

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Jews--Greece--Thessalonikē--Registers. Jews--Greece--Thessalonikē--Identity. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Greece--Thessalonikē.
Geographic Name: Thessalonikē (Greece)--Ethnic relations. Greece--History--Occupation, 1941-1944.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: From Record Group 207 of the YIVO Institute collection. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the YIVO Institute via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in October, 2008.

Record last modified:: 2022-07-28 17:50:12
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