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.
Kommeno
On 13 August 1943, 317 civilians were murdered in cold blood in the Epirote village of Kommeno by members of the 1st Mountain Division.
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.
Mousiotitsa – Kommeno – Lyngiades
Hundreds of civilians were killed in 1943–1944 by members of the 1st Mountain Division.
Articles
Selected articles and essays by Hermann Frank Meyer on the German occupation of Greece, resistance, war crimes and historical memory.