Tag Archives: flak position

2207 – postcards from Athos: part three

Posted on June 10, 2021 by athosweblog

In part one and two – posts 2205 and 2206 – I showed you the postcards from the first 17 monasteries. In this post I will present the postcards of the remaing three: nr 18, Esfigmenou, nr 19, Panteleimonos or … Continue reading →

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2045 – more about the German flak position on Athos in WW II

Posted on April 3, 2019 by athosweblog

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 →

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2020 – a sneak preview of the 2018 pilgrimage and news from Athos

Posted on September 20, 2018 by athosweblog

From the monastery of Simonospetras, where we could sleep for two nights thanks to monk T., I will show a few images that I shot the last three days: The cave/old boat house from 1853 at arsanas Prodromou News item: … Continue reading →

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2018 – the German flak position on Athos in WW II?

Posted on September 5, 2018 by athosweblog

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 →

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