Author name: Elisa Solomon

The exhibition “Karya 1943. Forced Labour and the Holocaust” is the first exhibition in Germany and Greece dedicated to the issue of forced labour of Greek Jews during the German occupation. It is organized by the Jewish Museum of Greece, the Benaki Museum and the Nazi Forced Labor Documentation Center in Berlin. The central theme […]

Dear Friends, From Monday 1 July 2024, the Jewish Museum of Greece will change its opening hours. The new opening hours are: Monday – Friday: 09:00 – 16:00 Saturday: closed Sunday: 10:00 – 16:00 We are waiting for you!

Νew exhibition: “HerStories. In the Footsteps of Jewish Women in Europe” On Sunday, 7th of April, the official opening of the new exhibition “HerStories. In the Footsteps of Jewish Women in Europe”, which is part of the EU project HerStories took place with great success. The exhibition brings the multifaceted Jewish history of 20th century

Memorandum of cooperation signed between Greece and Cyprus on Holocaust memory and combating antisemitism In February, a memorandum of cooperation for the preservation of the memory of the Holocaust and the fight against antisemitism was signed between the Ministries of Education of Greece and Cyprus, the Orthodox Church of Greece, the Orthodox Church of Cyprus,

A new commemorative series of stamps, titled “Synagogues of Greece”, was presented at an event organised by the Hellenic Post (ELTA) and the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS), in the Old Parliament, Athens, on 18 April 2024, the first day of issue of the stamps. The six stamps in the series are