Overview
- Description
- 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.
- Date
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inclusive:
1943-1990
- Credit Line
- Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Collection Creator
- Kentriko Symvoulio ton Evraikon Koinotiton stin Ellada
Physical Details
- Extent
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37,296 digital images : JPEG ; 41.9 GB.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in three series: 1. Correspondence of the Central Board of Jewish Communities (KIS) with international Jewish organizations; 2. Lists of names of Greek Jews killed in the extermination camps, relevant correspondence and organising of commemoration ceremonies.; 3. Press clippings and publications on the campaign by KIS for reparations, 1961, and participation of Greek Jews in the National Resistance during the German Occupation.
Rights & Restrictions
- 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
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1914-1918--Atrocities--Greece. Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-)--Greece. Jews--Greece--History--20 century--Registers. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Anniversaries, etc.--Greece. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Greece--Athens--Reparations. Religious communities. Research institutes Jewish committees (ushmm).
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Kentriko Symvoulio ton Evraikon Koinotiton stin Ellada
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Central Board of the Jewish Communities of Greece. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archival Programs in April 2009, and accretion in 2015.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-28 09:13:56
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37050
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