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- 1940s-1990s (Creation)
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15 boxes
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The Axis occupation of Greece during World War Two began Apr 1941 following the German and Italian invasion of Greece, together with Bulgarian forces. It lasted until the German withdrawal from the mainland, Oct 1944. In some cases however, such as in Crete and other islands, German garrisons remained in control until May-Jun 1945.
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GB 1556 WL 1360 1940s-1990s collection 15 boxes Mazower , Mark , b 1958 , historian
The Axis occupation of Greece during World War Two began Apr 1941 following the German and Italian invasion of Greece, together with Bulgarian forces. It lasted until the German withdrawal from the mainland, Oct 1944. In some cases however, such as in Crete and other islands, German garrisons remained in control until May-Jun 1945.
Mark Mazower
Copies of primary and secondary sources from archives in USA, Germany, Greece and Great Britain on the Nazi occupation of Greece and the persecution of Greece's Jewish population, used by Mark Mazower for his book, Inside Hitler's Greece: The Experience of Occupation, 1941-1944, (Yale University Press, 1993). Mark Mazower provides a commentary on the sources and their value in the chapter 'Notes on Sources'.
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Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
NARA USA; Bundesarchiv, Koblenz, Germany; The National Archives, UK.
Mazower, Mark, Inside Hitler's Greece: The Experience of Occupation, 1941-1944, (Yale University Press, 1993).
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.
February 2008 Wars (events) Europe Greece Humanitarian law Jews Nazism Occupied territories Political doctrines Religious groups Third Reich Totalitarianism Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)
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Mark Mazower
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Copies of primary and secondary sources from archives in USA, Germany, Greece and Great Britain on the Nazi occupation of Greece and the persecution of Greece's Jewish population, used by Mark Mazower for his book, Inside Hitler's Greece: The Experience of Occupation, 1941-1944, (Yale University Press, 1993). Mark Mazower provides a commentary on the sources and their value in the chapter 'Notes on Sources'.
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Contact archives of origin.
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- Latin
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English, German, French, Italian, Greek
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Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
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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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