Hermann Frank Meyer

26 September 1940, Hanover – 12 April 2009, Riepholm (Visselhövede), Germany

After moving to Brussels in 1966, Hermann Frank Meyer worked there as an entrepreneur while pursuing an intensive interest in contemporary history. From the early 1980s onwards, he devoted more than three decades to researching the German occupation of Greece and the Balkans during the Second World War.

His work was based on extensive archival research in Germany, Greece and the United Kingdom, as well as on interviews with survivors, eyewitnesses and former members of the Wehrmacht. His publications made a significant contribution to documenting German war crimes in Greece and to reconstructing events that had long remained largely unknown outside the affected regions.

Among his major works are Bloodstained Edelweiss, From Vienna to Kalavryta, and Missing in Greece. His research continues to serve as an important reference for the study of the German occupation of Greece during the Second World War.

In recognition of his contribution to historical research and German-Greek reconciliation, Hermann Frank Meyer was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande) in 2008.

The Hermann Frank Meyer Archive is deposited at the Institut für Zeitgeschichte, Archive No. ED490.