Museum of the Kalavryta Holocaust

Δημοτικό Μουσείο Καλαβρυτινού Ολοκαυτώματος

A memorial museum in the former primary school where women and children were locked up in 1943. It uses artifacts, photographs and testimonies to tell the story of the massacre.

On the day of the 1943 massacre, German forces locked the women and children inside the town's primary school and set it on fire. They managed to break the doors and escape. The school building was later converted into the Holocaust Museum. The exhibition halls, spread across several floors, show the town's life before the massacre, the events of the day, video testimonies from survivors, photographs and belongings of the victims, and the postwar reconstruction and reconciliation between Germany and Greece. English captions are provided. Admission is about 3 euros, and a visit takes about an hour. Combine it with the martyrs' memorial and the stopped cathedral clock. The museum is in the town center, about a 5-minute walk from the train station.

Museum of the Kalavryta Holocaust

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