Holocaust in Greece

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Holocaust event genocide war crime

The Holocaust in Greece was the systematic persecution and murder of Greek Jews—most notably from communities such as Thessaloniki—by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II, which destroyed the vast majority of the country’s prewar Jewish population.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Holocaust in Greece canonical	2
World War II and the Holocaust in Greece	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Holocaust event ⓘ genocide ⓘ war crime ⓘ
causeOfDestruction	Greek Jewish communities ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
destinationOfDeportations	AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ surface form: Birkenau extermination camp other Nazi concentration and extermination camps ⓘ
endTime	1944 ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfVictims	approximately 60,000 Greek Jews killed ⓘ
historicalContext	Axis occupation of Greece ⓘ
implementedBy	Axis occupation of Greece ⓘ surface form: Bulgarian occupation authorities in parts of Greece Axis occupation of Greece ⓘ surface form: German military administration in Greece Gestapo ⓘ SS ⓘ
location	Athens ⓘ Corfu ⓘ Crete ⓘ Drama ⓘ Ioannina ⓘ Kavala ⓘ Kos ⓘ Larissa ⓘ Rhodes ⓘ Salonika ⓘ surface form: Thessaloniki Volos ⓘ Xanthi ⓘ
memorializedBy	Holocaust memorials in Athens ⓘ Holocaust memorials in Thessaloniki ⓘ
method	confiscation of property ⓘ deportation by train ⓘ forced labor ⓘ ghettoization ⓘ mass shootings ⓘ
notableCommunityAffected	Jewish community of Corfu ⓘ Romaniote Jews ⓘ surface form: Jewish community of Ioannina Jewish community of Rhodes ⓘ Jewish community of Thessaloniki ⓘ
opposedBy	Greek Resistance ⓘ surface form: Greek resistance
partOf	Holocaust ⓘ World War II ⓘ
perpetrator	German occupation authorities in Greece ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ local collaborators ⓘ
proportionOfVictims	around 80 percent of Greek Jews murdered ⓘ
result	destruction of the majority of Greek Jewry ⓘ
significantEvent	Bulgarian occupation deportations from Thrace and Eastern Macedonia ⓘ deportation of Greek Jews to Auschwitz ⓘ deportation of Greek Jews to Birkenau ⓘ liquidation of the Thessaloniki ghetto ⓘ
startTime	1941 ⓘ
victim	Romaniote Jews ⓘ surface form: Greek Jews Romaniote Jews ⓘ Sephardi Jews ⓘ surface form: Sephardic Jews

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Axis occupation of Greece → significantEvent → Holocaust in Greece ⓘ

Jewish Museum of Greece → focusesOn → Holocaust in Greece ⓘ

Jewish Museum of Greece → topic → Holocaust in Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War II and the Holocaust in Greece