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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This presentation offers an introduction to the unique Jewish community of Corfu, a community that flourished at the crossroads of East and West and shared in the island’s rich and layered history. The narrow cantons, combined with the coexistence of diverse populations speaking different languages, practicing different religions, and embracing different cultures, shaped the daily
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The Oral History Archive (OHA) of the Jewish Museum of Greece began as a small and modest project. Its foundation was laid in 2001-2002 with the initial collection of twelve interviews, created for the Museum’s temporary exhibition, Hidden Children in Occupied Greece. By organizing and documenting these interviews, the Museum established the OHA, which has since
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This presentation draws on selected personal testimonies of individuals who endured the harsh years of World War II in Greece, facing deportation, loss, humiliation, and constant fear. As children, they were forced to flee their homes, adopt false identities, live in hiding, move frequently, or, in some cases, lose their true identities permanently. In April
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The story of Jewish resistance fighters in occupied Greece during World War II is a powerful, yet often overlooked, chapter in both Greek and Jewish history. The oppression and horrors faced by the Greek Jewish community during the Nazi occupation were unbearable, but despite this, many Jews joined the resistance movements, motivated by a need
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The Jewish community of Chalkida holds an extraordinary place in the history of both Greece and the wider Jewish world as one of the oldest continuously inhabited Jewish communities in Europe, with roots tracing back to antiquity. Its unique Romaniote heritage, a Jewish tradition distinct to Greece, is characterized by centuries of cultural and linguistic
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The story of the Jewish Elementary School in Thissio is a remarkable testament to the resilience and cultural continuity of the Jewish community in Athens during one of the darkest periods in history. The recently discovered archive, spanning the years 1931 to 1960, provides a unique and invaluable resource for understanding the educational, social, and
This presentation sheds light on the history and daily life of the historic Romaniote Jewish community of Ioannina, blending informative content with photographic materials, authentic artefacts from the Jewish Museum of Greece’s collections, and original relics generously donated by private individuals. The Romaniote Jews have maintained a continuous presence in Greece since the Hellenistic period,
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