Dear Friends, Since Monday 1 July 2024, the Jewish Museum of Greece has changed its opening hours. The opening hours are: Monday – Friday: 09:00 – 16:00 Saturday: closed Sunday: 10:00 – 16:00 We are waiting for you!
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The Jewish Museum of Greece mourns the loss of an important lady, a Holocaust survivor who, with great passion and strength, visited Athens and participated in several training seminars for educators by JMG – TOLI and shared her experiences with them. We, who had the pleasure and honour to meet her in person, to listen
Celebrating Women’s Resilience & Art on International Women’s Day “Girl in red.” Flora Saltiel-Modiano, oil on canvas, Athens, 1999. © JMG Contemporary Art Collection. Young woman lying down, with the lower part of her body turned sideways. Her crossed legs, the orange-red color of her hair, the red and blue dress, and the pink socks,
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The Jewish Museum of Greece participates in the global #WeRemember campaign for International Holocaust Remembrance Day – a small action that will have a big impact. Together, we will honour the past and protect the future.
Important testimony from the Oral History Archive This year marks the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Few witnesses remain alive to share their personal experiences of the relentless persecution and genocide of Europe’s Jews. Thus, audiovisual archives with recorded testimonies of survivors have become even more valuable. In this context, the Jewish Museum
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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
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During the German occupation of Greece, the persecution and deportation of Jews were tragically effective throughout most of the country. However, Zakynthos stood as a remarkable exception. Two courageous leaders—the Bishop of Zakynthos, Chrysostomos Demetriou, and the island’s Mayor, Loukas Karrer—successfully protected the entire Jewish population of Zakynthos from the fate suffered by so many
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This presentation explores aspects of life in the Jewish neighbourhoods of Greece, particularly before the Second World War. Its aim is not to uncover groundbreaking or shocking conclusions, but to give voice to people from across Greece as they share their memories of the neighbourhoods they lived in as children or young adults, both before
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A photograph from 1916 shows a towering oak tree dominating the courtyard of the Talmud Torah synagogue, last rebuilt in 1902. It prompts viewers to ask: where is this place in today’s Thessaloniki? Few residents or visitors to the city know that, for centuries, the heart of Thessaloniki was home to more than twenty synagogues—none
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The name Yousouroum, now inseparable from the identity of a historic Athenian neighborhood, traces its roots back to 15th-century Spain. After the expulsion of Jews from Spain, the Yousouroum family settled in the Ottoman Empire, specifically in Smyrna (modern-day Izmir). Around 1830, Isaac Yousouroum, the family patriarch, sought new opportunities in the newly established
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