Εβραϊκό Μουσείο της Ελλάδος – Συλλογή Ολοκαυτώματος
Object of the month
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Handwritten letter from Iakovos Cohen to his family in Volos, written
during his detention in the Pavlos Melas camp in Thessaloniki, March 16, 1944. Iakovos
was arrested in January 1943 in Agios Georgios, Nileia, while trying to help a
friend hide. After a neighbor reported him, his identity was revealed and he
was taken prisoner. He was then deported to a concentration camp, from where he
never returned. Donated by Haya Cohen in memory of her father and Iakovos’
brother, Elias-Masliah Cohen
The Jewish Museum of Greece –
Holocaust Collection
