Overview
- Description
- Consists of historical records reflecting the history of the Jewish community from 1943 to the 1990s. Included are property and financial assets declarations demanded by the German authorities in 1943, certificates issued to the surviving members of the community reclaiming property of their families, applications for German reparations, copies of German payments from the late 1950s and 1960s, certificates verifying membership in the community and relationship to the murdered, correspondence among Jewish communities and Jewish organizations in Greece and abroad, correspondence with local and central Greek governmental authorities, and minutes of the committee investigating local collaborators. Collection also includes documents from the Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, including records from the Jewish community of Kavala, minute books from the Beit Din of Thessaloniki, and accounting books from various community associations and schools.
- 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
- Isra?litik? Koinot?s Thessalonik?s
Physical Details
- Extent
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1,821,596 digital images : JPEG ; 1.88 TB.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. Records originated from the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki, dated after 1960, are not accessible for the public research.
- Conditions on Use
- Records originated from the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki, dated after 1960, are not accessible for the public research. Fair use only.
- Copyright Holder
- Israēlitikē Koinotēs Thessalonikēs
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Israēlitikē Koinotēs Thessalonikēs
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki, 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 2012.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-14 13:47:15
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37052
Download & Licensing
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- Terms of Use
- This record is digitized but cannot be downloaded online.
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