This website brings together the published works of historian Hermann Frank Meyer, whose research over more than three decades focused on the German occupation of Greece and the Balkans during the Second World War.
Bloodstained Edelweiss
Blutiges Edelweiß. Die 1. Gebirgs-Division im Zweiten Weltkrieg
The history of the 1st Mountain Division and the XXII Mountain Army Corps.
From Vienna to Kalavryta
The Bloodstained Path of the 117th Jäger Division through Serbia and Greece
Von Wien nach Kalavryta. Die blutige Spur der 117. Jäger Division durch Serbien und Griechenland
The regular Wehrmacht division’s path through Serbia to the Peloponnese is characterized by partisan warfare and executions of hostages, especially the massacre in Kalavryta.
Missing in Greece
Destinies in the Greek Resistance, 1941 - 1944
Vermisst in Griechenland
Schicksale im griechischen Freiheitskampf 1941–1944
For more than a quarter of a century the author researched the fate of his father who was abducted in 1943 by Greek partisans and declared missing by the Wehrmacht.
Bridges, too, have a destiny
Auch Brücken haben ihr Schicksal
In June 1943 British Commandos blew up the Asopos viaduct between Thessaloniki and Athens. The supply route of the Axis powers to southern Greece and the islands was cut for weeks.
The Memoirs of Hans Wende
Die Erinnerungen des Hans Wende
The functioning of the command structure of the Army Group E in Greece is explained and Kurt Waldheim’s gaps of knowledge are closed.
Mousiotitsa – Kommeno – Lyngiades
Hundreds of civilians were killed in 1943–1944 by members of the 1st Mountain Division.
