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Category Archives: war
2045 – more about the German flak position on Athos in WW II
In post 2018 I showed you the pictures I bought on the internet, made by German ‘Wehrmacht’ soldiers during the Second World War. Some of the pictures were taken on the hills above skiti Timiou Prodromou, where the German flak … Continue reading
Posted in Germans, history, Prodromou, Trip 2018, war
Tagged 2nd World War, flak position, Germans, Sithonia
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2031 – Athos and the Second World War – part 2
In blogpost 1218 I published some pictures from the 2nd World War: most information was obtained from the German book “Athos – Forhölle des Paradis” by Erich Feigl from 1980. During my visit to Athos this year we were invited … Continue reading
2018 – the German flak position on Athos in WW II?
In the Second World War the Nazi’s invaded Greece and also took position on the peninsula of Athos. We reported about the Nazi occupation many times in this weblog (see f.e. posts 1218 and 1444). In post 1503 I shared two … Continue reading
Posted in history, Prodromou, war
Tagged arsanas, flak position, german, occupation, Second world war
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1960 – very detailed high res French army map 1939
A fragment of a new discovered map (thanks to Peter Howorth) made by the French army in 1939. Very detailed and rather accurate. Above three Russian buildings, on the left the monastery of Panteleimonos in the middle Paleomonasterio, here named … Continue reading
1955 – The story of the three WWII soldiers who came to thank the monks in 1944
In November 1944, three New Zealand servicemen (here two of them on the photo in front of Paulou monastery HV) went to Mount Athos in northern Greece, to present citations to various monasteries whose inhabitants, in spite of serious risks to … Continue reading
Posted in 01 Lavra, 14 Paulou, 19 Panteleimonos, war
Tagged Peter Howorth, Sandy Thomas, Second world war
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1950 – Athos in French magazine “Le Miroir”
In 1917 a French Russian army occupied Mount Athos. On this picture from the French magazine Le Miroir a soldier, two monks and a Greek policeman are posing for the photographer, not at the monastery of Panteleimonos, as is suggested … Continue reading
1725 – Athos vintage photo’s and art
In post 1503 I showed you some pictures of the German Wehrmacht on Athos during the Second World War. Today I found two more, with monks and soldiers posing in front of the camera. All photo’s seem to be from … Continue reading