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The Jewish Museum of Greece, in the framework of its participation at the country-wide activity of the Ministry of Culture and Education and Religion “European Heritage Days 2015 entitled: “Violence and Tolerance", offers free admission and educational program for adults and families on Friday 25 September 2015 and on Sunday 27 September ...

Press Release Synagonistis: Greek Jews in the National Resistance An exhibition of the Jewish Museum of Greece The duration of the exhibition is extended until the end of September 2015. The Jewish Museum of Greece presents the temporary exhibition “Synagonistis: Greek Jews in the National Resistance”, realized within the framework of a mutual program...

The EHRI fellowships are intended to support and stimulate Holocaust research by facilitating international access to key archives and collections related to the Holocaust as well as archival and digital humanities knowhow. The fellowships intend to support researchers, archivists, curators, and younger scholars, especially PhD candidates with limited resources. The...

On Monday 11th May 2015 the new temporary art exhibition by Christina Mitrentse, entitled RE/SPOND/INVENTCREATE was inaugurated at the premises of  the Jewish Museum of Greece. Visitors that attended the event, found the game of discovering the works of art between the artefacts of the Museum’s permanent collection very creative. They also participated with great...

On Tuesday 21st April 2015, the travelling exhibition of the Jewish Museum of Greece, “SYNAGONISTIS: Greek Jews in the National Resistance” was successfully inaugurated in the Washington Hebrew Congregation, Washington DC,. The Greek Foreign Minister, Mr. N. Kotzias, attended the event together with more than 150 important guests. The exhibition, originating...

Yad Vashem, The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority, is offering a seven day seminar for teachers from Greece. The seminar will be held in English and will be focusing on academic study of the Holocaust with the pedagogy of teaching about the Holocaust.The participants are expected to be...

"Anti Semitism & Racism: Yesterday & Today" For the commemoration of the National Day of Remembrance for Victims and Heroes of the Holocaust, set by the Greek Parliament on the 27th January every year, the Jewish Museum of Greece, offered for free, a series of activities and educational programs for families on Sunday 1st...

For the commemoration of the National Day of Remembrance for Victims and Heroes of the Holocaust, set by the Greek Parliament on the 27th January every year, the Jewish Museum of Greece, offered for free, a series of activities and educational programs for the visitors on Tuesday 27th January 2015. The tours were offered...

She was 27, married, and running a fur shop in the Greek city of Thessaloniki when she was deported to Auschwitz in April 1943. Lisa Pinhas (1916-1980) lost over 100 relatives in the Shoah. Her pledge to save her younger sister, Marie, and to be a witness if she...

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