New archive of the history of Jews in Greece

New archive of the history of Jews in Greece 

New archive of the history of Jews in Greece 

4 microfilm reels, 16 mm 

Correspondence, population statistics, diplomatic telegrams, ethnographic maps, reports, press clippings, citizenship certificates, receipts, lists of real estate and other records of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs relating to the history of Greek Jewry. Records span years circa 1917-1960. Collection includes but is not limited to information relating to the 1917 fire of Thessaloniki, reports of the atrocities of Bulgarians against Greeks, conditions of Jews in other countries, Jewish emigration, Greek support to Jewish effort for the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine, discrimination and persecution of Jews in Greece, Jewish denials, Jewish participation in Greek politics, Jewish religious and educational matters as well as the issues of restitution of property to Greek Jews. 

File organization: Selective documents organized chronologically, from 1817 to 1960 on microfilm reels 1- 4