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Greek families recover personal belongings of Jews deported to Nazi camps
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First reported by Behadrei Haredim · Jun 26, 2026
What happened
Greece returned the personal belongings of four Jewish deportees from Nazi camps to their relatives in an emotional ceremony. The identifications were made by Greek students working with government ministries and the Arolsen Archives.
- 01Greece returned belongings of four Jewish deportees more than 80 years later.
- 02One widow received her husband's watch after students located her.
- 03Arolsen Archives still holds 2,000 unrestituted envelopes of personal items.
- 04Greek students searched records to find descendants in Greece and Cyprus.
- 05Nearly 70,000 Greek Jews, 86% of the community, were murdered in the Holocaust.
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