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Tag Archives: flak position
2207 – postcards from Athos: part three
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
Posted in 18 Esfigmenou, 19 Panteleimonos, 20 Konstamonitou, Dafni, kellia, Nea Skiti, Prodromou, Skiti Andreou, Skiti Anna, Skiti Profitou Eliou
Tagged flak position, monks, nicholas Bourazeri, postcards, russians
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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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2020 – a sneak preview of the 2018 pilgrimage and news from Athos
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
Posted in 13 Simonos Petras, 16 Xenofontos, 20 Konstamonitou, arsanas, events, news, Prodromou, Trip 2018
Tagged aqueduct, flak position, rescue, Velas
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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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