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Thessalonikē, German Occupation, Photograph Album, 1941-1942
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Consists of a photograph album (22 x 26 cm) containing 152 black-and-white photographs (measure from 7 x 6 cm. to 10.5 x 8.5 cm.), most of them depicting scenes of Thessalonike, Greece or the life of a German woman military – supportive unit in 1941 during the Axis occupation of the country in World War II. The German subject of many of the photographs (the photographer?) is unidentified. All photographs bear handwritten captions in German in pen. Album is bound in paper over hard boards.
Inluded also are several photographs of other places in Europe such Hamburg, the Balkans (former Yugoslavia) and Hungary.
- Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by the name of the creator or by the date of acquisition.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Gift of the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund. (AM 2022-028)
- Appraisal
No material was separated during processing.
- Processing Information
This item was processed and described by Kalliopi Balatsouka in February 2022.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Thessalonikē, German Occupation, Photograph Album; General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection, C0140, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box B-001845
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- Existence and Location of Copies
Parts of this collection are available on microfilm, cataloged separately as RCPXM-7497696.
- Genre Terms:
- Photograph albums -- Greece. -- 20th century
photographs -- 20th century - Places:
- Thessalonikē (Greece) -- History. -- 20th century -- Sources
Thessalonikē (Greece). -- photographs
Greece -- History -- Occupation, 1941-1944. -- photographs
Greece -- photographs