gr-002729-jmg 01
type: RecordSet
archivist note: English description is written by V. Ritzaleos.
biographical history: In 1940, the combined Jewish Community of Patras and Agrinio consisted of 265 individuals. During the German occupation, the order of 8 October 1943, for the Community’s members to be registered, was widely resisted. All the Jews of Agrinion fled to the mountains, while in Patras the Germans managed, mainly with the help of their local collaborators, to arrest and deport 213 members of the Community. 152 of those survived and returned after the war, but the Community was a mere shadow of its former self. Apart from the dead in the Holocaust, the number of surviving Jewish families gradually waned, mainly because many of them chose to relocate to other cities in Greece or ab road. Being declared inactive in 1970, the Community was officially dissolved in 1991. In 1984 the Jewish Community of Patras was dissolved for lack of members and the interior of its synagogue, along with its textiles and ritual objects was bequeathed to the Museum. These religious artifacts are extremely significant, invaluable and irreplaceable, since they come, for the most part, from synagogues and communities, which no longer exist.
has or had script: Latn
has or had script: Hebr
has or had script: Grek
location of copies: us-005578-irn36895
location of copies: irn36895
location of copies: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Jewish Museum of Greece via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in March 2009 [RG-45.0071; DVD-ROM, 1.81 GB, 2.751 digital images ]
other finding aids: RG-45.007 01 fnd en.pdf.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access.
conditions of use: Reproduction is possible upon request. Restrictions on use. No publication without permission of the source archive.
has beginning date: 1947
has creator: 002873
has end date: 1982
has or had holder: gr-002729
has or had some members with language: heb
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had some members with language: ell
has or had some members with language: fra
has or had subject: 1220
has or had subject: 1042
has or had subject: 864
has or had subject: 887
has or had subject: 872
has or had subject: 002873
has or had title: Records of the Jewish Community in Patras
has or had title: Archeio tis Israilitikis Koinotitas Patron
has record set type: Collection
identifier: JMG.01
includes or included: gr-002729-jmg 01-2 2
includes or included: gr-002729-jmg 01-1 2 2 1
includes or included: gr-002729-jmg 01-3 1
includes or included: gr-002729-jmg 01-1 1 2
includes or included: gr-002729-jmg 01-2 1
record resource extent: Five archival boxes
record resource source of information: Description is based on USHMM's website.
scope and content: "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)
title: Αρχείο της Ισραηλιτικής Κοινότητας Πατρών