Collection GB 1556 WL 1417 - Jews of Kos, Greece

Identity area

Reference code

GB 1556 WL 1417

Title

Jews of Kos, Greece

Date(s)

  • 2001 (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

1 file

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Name of creator

Biographical history

The donor, A Dunitz, was instrumental in bringing about the creation of a memorial to the Jews who were deported by the Nazis, by persuading the various Greek authoritities to cooperate. He was also responsible for finding all the names of the individuals. The names on this list correspond with those on the memorial. The memorial was erected in 2001.

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Archival history

GB 1556 WL 1417 2001 collection 1 file Dunitz , A , fl 2001

The donor, A Dunitz, was instrumental in bringing about the creation of a memorial to the Jews who were deported by the Nazis, by persuading the various Greek authoritities to cooperate. He was also responsible for finding all the names of the individuals. The names on this list correspond with those on the memorial. The memorial was erected in 2001.

A. Dunitz

Papers relating to Jews on Kos, Greece, 2001, comprising a list of the names of the Jews who were deported from the Greek island of Kos by the Nazis to Auschwitz, and a short history of the Jews of Kos.

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Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

English

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

March 2008 Wars (events) Architecture Auschwitz concentration camp Europe Genocide Greece Holocaust Humanitarian law Jews Kos Monuments Nazism Occupied territories Political doctrines Religious groups Third Reich Totalitarianism War crimes War memorials Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

A. Dunitz

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers relating to Jews on Kos, Greece, 2001, comprising a list of the names of the Jews who were deported from the Greek island of Kos by the Nazis to Auschwitz, and a short history of the Jews of Kos.

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Accruals

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Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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Finding aids

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

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Wiener Library

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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