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Greece

On April 6, 1941, the Nazis and Italians (supported by Axis partners Bulgaria and Hungary) invaded Greece. Germany, Italy, and Bulgaria all occupied parts of Greece through 1943; Germany alone occupied the Greek mainland from 1943–1944. At the beginning of the Axis occupation, nearly 72,000 Jews lived in Greece; by the time the occupation ended in 1944, almost 60,000 Jews had died. Explore more content related to Greece during the Holocaust (1933–1945) and World War II.

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Albert Gani [LCID: 2134]
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Albert Gani
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Albert Gani: Maps
Joseph Levi, a pharmacist and the head of the Jewish community of Komotine, wearing the compulsory Jewish badge. [LCID: 79805]
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Compulsory Jewish badge in Greece
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David Broudo
Deportations from southern Europe, 1942-1943 [LCID: eur78850]
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Deportations from southern Europe, 1942-1943
View of the destroyed Jewish cemetery in German-occupied Salonika. [LCID: 41106b]
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Destroyed Jewish cemetery in Salonika
The ruins of a synagogue destroyed by the Germans in 1943. [LCID: 41117]
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Destroyed synagogue in Greece
Europe 1933, Greece indicated [LCID: eur69370]
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Europe 1933, Greece indicated
German administration of southern Europe, 1943 [LCID: eur66830]
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German administration of southern Europe, 1943
German-occupied Salonika, 1942-1943 [LCID: sal54040]
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German-occupied Salonika, 1942-1943
German troops in Athens following the invasion of the Balkans. [LCID: 20391]
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German troops in Athens
SS troops advance during the invasion of Greece. The invasion of the Balkans began in April 1941. [LCID: 20390]
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Greece
Greece, 1933 [LCID: gre19010]
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Greece, 1933
Greece 1933, Athens indicated [LCID: ath79020]
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Greece 1933, Athens indicated
Greece 1933, Salonika indicated [LCID: sal79060]
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Greece 1933, Salonika indicated
Media Essay
Greece - Maps

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