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Jews of Kos, Greece


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 1417

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Jews of Kos, Greece

Date(s): 2001

Level of description: collection

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Dunitz | A | fl 2001

CONTEXT

Administrative/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.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

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.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

N/A

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

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

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

A. Dunitz

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.

Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: March 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Holocaust | Genocide | War crimes | Humanitarian law
Jews | Religious groups
Occupied territories | Humanitarian law
Third Reich | Nazism | Totalitarianism | Political doctrines
War memorials | Monuments | Architecture
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)

Personal names

Corporate names
Auschwitz concentration camp

Places
Kos | Greece | Western Europe | Europe