gr-002729-jmg 03
type: RecordSet
archivist note: Entry by V. Ritzaleos. Revised: A. Loudarou
has or had script: Latn
has or had script: Grek
location of originals: Jewish Museum of Greece and private collections.
sources: Description is based on information provided by JMG's website.
conditions of access: The Photographic Archive of the Jewish Museum of Greece is open to researchers and the public, by prior arrangement. For online access see: https://artifacts.jewishmuseum.gr/artifact-categories/photographic-archive-of-the-jewish-museum-of-greece/
conditions of use: Reproduction is possible upon request.
has beginning date: 1933
has creator: 004239
has end date: 1945
has or had holder: gr-002729
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had some members with language: ell
has or had subject: 004239
has or had subject: 750
has or had subject: 816
has or had subject: 809
has or had title: Φωτογραφικό Αρχείο του Εβραϊκού Μουσείου της Ελλάδος
has record set type: Collection
history: In 1980, with the financial support of the Memorial Foundation for the Jewish Culture, began an effort to capture the Jewish heritage of Greece on film, even of the communities, which had been destroyed during the War. This effort resulted in the creation of the Jewish Museum's Photographic Archive, and its enrichment with photographs of edifices that were still standing at the time, even though they were not in use anymore.
identifier: JMG.03
record resource structure: For easier classification and accessibility, they have been divided into about 100 different categories. Some categories refer to a particular town or city, while others cover specific aspects of social, professional and everyday life, under titles such as schools, foundations, publications, traditional costumes, events, sports and more. Other categories refer to religion, for example synagogues and cemeteries, religious texts and artefacts, celebrations and ceremonies. Yet other categories cover issues such as the Greek-Italian War of 1940-41, the Occupation and the Resistance, the Holocaust and the concentration camps, and the children who survived in hiding.
scope and content: The photographic archive of the JMG includes a large number of photographs that cover all aspects of Jewish life and tradition in Greece. The photographic material consists of original black-and-white photographs, printed copies of original pictures, colour photographs and slides. The main body of this material is the primary archive of original photographs, which have been donated to the Museum by their owners and which are kept separately. These photographs have been copied and replaced with 13 x 18 cm copies, as well as film negatives and contact prints of those. The access to the originals is limited for reasons of safety and preservation. However, the largest part of the archive, in number as well as in variety (about 2.200 photographs) is the secondary one. This is made up of copies of original photographs that have been lent to the Museum by their owners, who have also ceded all their rights to the J.M.G. The rich variety of those images captures all aspects of Jewish life in Greece, from the end of the 19th century to the present. The colour negatives of the Museum number approximately 3,500 and are kept in the form of magnified contact prints or printed pictures. Their subjects refer mainly to the social and cultural life of the Greek Jews of the last decades. They also include pictures of the artifacts of the Museum's collections, permanent exhibition, of the temporary exhibitions held in the Museum, and a photographic record of all the stages of the new building's renovation process. Also, of all the exhibitions and events hosted by the Museum, such as inauguration ceremonies, educational activities, interviews and guided tours. Finally, the collection's approximately 2,000 slides, cover the same topics as the black-and-white ones, plus everything that has to do with the Museum's collection (religious and everyday items, traditional costumes etc.) whether on display or in storage, as well as all the areas and display cases of the Museum. Possibly the most…
title: The Photographic Archive of the Jewish Museum of Greece