Rhodes and Kos (Cos), Greece Deportees

1,781 Records

Holocaust · Victims · Sephardic Jews · Rhodes · Kos (Dodecanese) · Greece

Introduction by Rhodes Jewish Museum

Background

This data set comprises a list of Jews deported from Rhodes by the Germans during the Second World War and is from the Italian book by Liliana Picciotto Fargion called "Il Libro della Memoria". The format of arranging the names and biographical data was designed and translated by John Holcenberg, the husband of Esther Rousso of Seattle (daughter of Nissim Rousso and Victoria Angel). Please note that married women are listed by their maiden name.

Fields Recorded

The fields for this database are as follows:

Surname

Given Name

Date of Birth

Place of Birth

Spouse’s Surname

Spouse’s Given Name

Father’s Given Name

Mother’s Surname

Mother’s Given Name

Fate (date of death, date of liberation or “unknown”)

Acknowledgements

Data provided courtesy of Aron Hasson of the Rhodes Jewish Historical Foundation. For more information on the Jewish community of Rhodes, please see their website at rhodesjewishmuseum.org

Finally, we thank Mike Kalt, HTML Volunteer Coordinator, for placing this description online, and Nolan Altman, Director of Special Projects and Coordinator of the Holocuast Database, for his continued devotion and dedication to JewishGen's important work.

Nolan Altman
June, 2021

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