Talk:The Holocaust in Greece/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Hog Farm (talk · contribs) 00:47, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

Thanks so much for taking this review! Just so you know my ultimate goal is FAC so if you see any areas that could be improved, feedback would be much appreciated. (t · c) buidhe 08:40, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

Work has suddenly gotten fairly busy; hopefully I'll be able to get to this in a couple days. Hog Farm _Talk 02:15, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

• Actually, I've been occupied elsewhere as well so it's for the best. Thanks again for reviewing! (t · c) buidhe 05:16, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

• "The collaborationist Greek government began to see Bulgaria as the main threat and did all it could to secure German support in restraining Bulgaria" - It's strongly implied that the Greek government was overhauled when the country was overrun, but this maybe should be stated directly, especially given the swing towards antisemitism.
  • Yes, I briefly discuss in the Axis occupation section that the country was run in effect by a military dictatorship. The only Greek government with international recognition at this time was the Greek government-in-exile, which is now directly mentioned in the article
• "On 6 February, the SS group tasked with the deportation arrived in the city and set up headquarters at 42 Velissariou Street in a confiscated Jewish villa" - Maybe worth linking the SS? Fairly well known, but probably wouldn't hurt
  • Done
• "Historian Kostis Kornetis states that "the elimination of Jews from Thessaloniki’s economic life was eventually welcomed by both elites and the general public"" - Is there a way to work in earlier in the article that Thessaloniki and Salonica are equivalent so that the connection of this quote to the Salonica events makes more sense to the average reader.
  • Mentioned both names in the background section and glossed it in the quote
• "According to Michael Matsas, the decisive factors influencing survival rates were the strength of resistance organizations and the reaction of the Jewish leadership" - Recommend glossing that Matsas was a Greek Holocaust survivor, as that adds some significance to his listed factors
  • Done
• "The Greek foreign ministry attempted to delay or prevent their return to Greece" - Is it known why?
  • Kavala mentions this in the context of property (non-)return, but doesn't explicitly that was the reason. Another possible reason is that some Zionist organizers attempted to smuggle non-Greek Jews towards Palestine by having them pretend to be Greek Jews so they could be repatriated to that country.
• "and antisemitism could be passed of as a principled anti-Zionism" - I'm struggling to quite figure this phrasing out. Is this a typo for "passed off as a ..."?
  • Correct, fixed the typo
• Source link for File:Prisoners sorting confiscated property at Auschwitz II-Birkenau.jpg takes me to the information page for a different image
  • Fixed (is the correct link)
• Not an expert on this sort of thing, so I'm quite likely wrong, but would File:Athens greece forged identity card world war 2.jpeg need a tag for the underlying work as well? (Normally wouldn't question this at GAN since the use of the image is almost certainly gonna be fine, but want to double check on this since it will be going to FAC eventually)
  • Hmm, you're right. I was assuming that the uploader held the copyright to the card, but the more I think about it, the more it seems like a flawed assumption. Swapped for a different one.
• Sourcing is of very high quality, and the image are licensed correctly to the best of my knowledge aside from the two queries above.

Excellent work. I'd support this at FAC. Hog Farm _Talk 03:02, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

• Thank you! (t · c) buidhe 04:37, 23 June 2021 (UTC)