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.NAZI PRIMES DISCLOSURE ACT- NWDCA 3 rr 0 .gf3 Collectior; Document Fly Page 198 Record Ci,td 1226 P. 1o7128 En i1172 I. DocID 1317 DECLASSIFIED AND RELEASED BY CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY SOURCES METHODS EXEMPT ION3B211 NA1 I WiAR CRINESDISCLOSURE ACT DATE •000 2007 NAZI WAR CRIMES DISCLOSURE Adi 2000 CIA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS RELEASE IN FULL 2000 COMBINFD ETILFNIC INTyrumnicr sERvios DirPARTMENT II A . rn INFORMATION BULLETIN lo ft ATROCITITS ) No. INFORMATION RV.:‘■11IFD DURING NAY 1944- TNAZIWAii GRIMES DISCLOSURE ACT 2000 CIA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS RELEASE IN FULL 2000 INFORMATION BULLETIN fl.Ct - ATROCITIT4 No. 48 INDEX TO CONTFIITS. GERMAN ATROCITIES 1 - 7 a -MAIN GREECE 1-2 Murders Arrests ,Plunders -PEIOP0N1SE 2-3 Murders ,Acts of Arson. -THESSALY 5.8 Murders ,Arrests *Acts of Arson -CENTRAL MACEDONIA 111 Treatmentspkots of Arson -WESTERN MACEDONIA .. 8 Aots of Arson -THRACE 6 Etecutions -CRETE 8-7 MUrders, -ABOHEAN ISLANDS 7 Arrests. -Concentration Camps - Prisons 7 BULGARIAN ATROCITIES 8 - 15 -CENTRAL MACEDONIA 0-10 MUrders,Arrests,Ill Treatmentsjiolations, Robberings-plunders. -WESTERN MACEDONIA 10-11 MurCers,ArrestspIll Treatmeuts,Plunders -EASTERN MACEDONIA 11-13 Murders ,I11 Treatments,ViolationsPlunders -THRACE 14 HOSTAGES( EASTERN MACEDONIA-THRACE) 14 COMIULSORY LABOUR(EASTERN MACEDONIA-THRACE) 15 TEALIAN ATROCITIES 16 ,DODECANESE 18 Arrests. Information found in this bulleyin gives only a sketchy picture of the scale of Atrocities committed in Greece by the temporary invaders. INFORMATION RECEIVED DURING MAY 1944 GIRMAN ATROCITIV, S MAIN GRF,11,CK MURDIRS From information received in May 1944 we learn that while Bri- tish prisoners were passing the streets of Athens, inhabitants handed them cigarettes, food and other • In reprisal the german guards fired on the crowd killing a young man aged 20 of unknown identity. Sanuary 19 44, Germans ordered the execution of 200 prisoners detained in prison or concentration camps. From these, 33 were invalids from the Italo-Greek campaign . Their names are unknown. The following who were detained in Levadia prisons were execu- ted on the 27/2/44 in Steni Distomon (Levadia) in reprisal for an engagement fought between Guerillas and Germans. 1) N. Koutsonikos 8) Loucas Manaziris 21, G. Stemou 7) I. Brinos 3 G. Skourtaniotie 8) L. Yannopoulos 4 Dim. Tsirkas 9) Anast Brazakis 5) Athan. Hadzilazar and one of unknown identity. ARRZSTS In January 1944, Germans ill-treated many patients of the Sett. ria Sanatorium (Athens), arrested 30 men and women and sent them to prison. 300 inhabitants of 3ographou quarter (Athens) were arrested by the Germans during a night raid in January 1944 and sent to concentra- tion camp. ■ P. Papadimitriou, Athanassios Danes end K. Tsindas, were arrested by the Germans on the 17/2/44 for helping Guerillas in AspropYr ghos (Attiki) and sent to Megallo Pefko On the 28/2/44, Germans enciro:ed the Oil, wine and spirit Factories of 21oussis in order to discover arms 10 workers were arrested and sent to prison. Yoannidis, barrister, and others, were arrested by the Ga.. mans as Communists and sent to prison in Athens on tho 29/3/44. Lieut. Andonakeas, was arrested by the German S.S. troops for spying in Athens in March 1944. From the 24/3/44, German authorities in f,thens started to arrest all Jews without any distinction of nationality. 200 of Greek na- tionality were arrested in Athens and sent to Haidari concentration camp. During March 19 44, 2.000 Jews arrested in Athens and the sur- roundings were sent to Poland from the Rouf station of Athens. Goods Nail.. way Waggons were used for their transport with 80-100 ;arsons in each wag. gon No food or clothes wore allowed to be taken and besides these Pageorta had for ventilation on their roof a smP 1 1 ni,ening Germans haveever: nrohibl bed to the Greek Red Cross to give them any help. Their complaints and prayers were causl.ng horror to passengers. In a waggon there was one dead and a woman ready for child birth. Themistoolis Sophoulis, Stylianos Gonatae, Alexandris and Geor. gios Kafandetris, politicians were arrested in the 2/5/44 by the Germans The latter being ill, was . still in his house in Athena under German guards. PIDNDEIS Constandinos and Yoonnis Berdis were robbed in Koukovaounes (Athens) by German soldiers on the 7/11/43 and all their belong ings were transported to Tatoi by car. The tenants of Spyridon Petrakou house were 14-treated and robbed in Neo Psyhiko (Athens) by German soldiers on the 8/2/44. During May 1944, robberings, 1114reatments,plunderings and boo. tinge carried out by the German soldiers were increased even in Athens. - 2 - H.srebelow we g ive a typical example:- An N.C.O. of the German Air Forceithreatening with his stol, robbed successivoly many tenants of a house situated in the kveroff street ,Athens, humiliated many women and at last violated one of them, called PELOPONNSE MURDTRS 20 prisoners who were detained in the Tripoli prisons were executed on the 17/1/44 in Ipsilli-Vrisai, Ahourion (Tripoli)- in reprisal for a wounded German officer: .. The following were hanged in the Aghia Lavra square (kegash) on the 22/1/44 in reprisal for the murder of an agent belonging to the German secret police • :- 1) Pan. Vardellas 2) Pan. Poulitsas 3) Dion. Petropoulos 4) Pan . Havoulakos 5) Pan. Haroulas. The following 3 ambulant,morchants were murdered by german detachments at Zoodohos Pyghi near Kalemas on the 13/1144 :,- 1)3aharias Plevridis from Anavriti(Kalamas) 2) Nikolaos Kapatsolis 3) Panaghiotis Paneighakos,both from Kalamas. On the-12/2/14 a german patrol Was fired in the , Rahi place • • (Kalamae).Some inhabitants panic strikonirun away.The Germans fired on them killing Geogios Kronopoulos,Georgios %nous and Antonios Nikas.. Grigorios Theodoropoulos aged 11 and Theodoros Georganas aged 23,were seriously wounded. In February 1944,Trieoli town was blockaded by the Germans for a week and the inhabitants wore not allowed to go out from their houses.18 young men died from starvation and their relatives were not allowe4. to burry their bodies. The following 200 hostages were•executed on the 24/2/44 in Tripoli in reprisal for the destruction of german cars by Guerillas:- 1)Har.Dimitropoulos from Tripoli 101) .Georgios Grigorakos 2)Foti.oa .L4mbropouloa " .91 102) Panagiotis Mariolis 3)Ilias Laghomitzis " n 103) Georgios Seremetis 4)Vassilios Vassilikos" " 104) Georgi os "fads 5) G eorgios• Kotsanis " " • 105) Iliac Mavroudakis 6)Ioannis Sot trios from Kalemas 106) Savvas•Georgiadis 7)Stavros Stavroulias " - ." 107) Stavros Goumeas 8)Haralambos Katsakakis PP .108) Vassilios Seremetis 9 )Evangelos Pivilis " n 109) Nikolao Seremetis 10 ) Andreas Keminos n • n 110) Konst.Troumbis 11)Leonidas Papalis " n 111) Georgios SaVatianeas 12)Ioannis Harambatos " r, 112) Hristos Petrakos . 13)Efstratios Paraskevas II 113) Sotirios Nikolakoas 14)Nhrinos Dafnas II • “ 114) Haralambos Kakavas 15)Nikolas Psaras 115) Ev.Giatrakos 16)Haralambos Papalis - 116) Ioannis Xarkakos 17)Ilias Lloupis 117) Ioannis Kaikas 1 8 )Danagiotis Roussis 118) Nikolas Dantos 19)0eorgios Velentzos 119) Georgios Souliotis . 20)Athanassios Skatzikas 120) Hristos Kouroussis 21)Kyriakos Ghelassis 121) Iliac Broketes 22)Konst.Plangos 122) Asimakis Angelopoulos 23)Panagiotis Dimopoulos 123) Dimitrios Koulouras 244r1gorios Kapetanakis 124) Theodossios Augerinos 25)Konst . Kamarianakos• 125) Apostolos Zervas 25)Georgios Louras 125) Nikolas Theodoropoulos . 27)Stavros Athanasseas 127) Hristos GiannopoulOs 28)Konst.Vangalatio 128) 11.11aralambopoulos 29)Stavros Triantopoulos 129) Ioannis Papaioannou . 30)Georgios Somalis 130) Nikolas Smyrnis 31.)Konst .Passareas 131) Anastosllantzavas 32)Panagiotis Pantazopoulos 132) Nikolas Antonopouloa(Horemi) 33)Viktor Katsikeas 133) D.Anagnostopoulds(Potalidi) -3- 34 ./Stavros Nikolopoulos 134)Pavlos Lervas 35)Ilias Dousserakoa 135)N.Haralambakis(Petalidi) 38)Konst.Kranias 136)I.Psirogiannis 37)Georgios Koukouvitos .137)D.Athanassopoulos 38 ) 1 iko1as Barounis 158)Vass11ios Katseas(D011) 39)Haralambos Tezestinos •139)Panagiotis Dimitreas 40)Alexios Grigoriou 140)Har.Nantsoureas 4 41)Konst.8ankafilis 141)Epaminondas Roumbeas 42)Ioannis Vangalatis 142)Ioannis Goussos .43)Georgios Stefanouris 143)Stylianos Koukis 44)Panagiotis Koutoumanos 144)Sotirios Loussis 45)Georgios NikolopOulos 145)Konst.Ka1ogereas 48)N1ko1at Mihalopoulos 146)Theodoros Mihalees 47)Nikolas Tzomis. 147)Panagiotis Gianneas 48)Konst.Iatridis 148)Panagiotis Dakouris 4 9 )Hristos Nikolopoulos 149)NikolaaKalianis 50)Nikolas Kapadelis 150)HrisosAlexopoulos(Aframi) 51)Leonidas Nelapanis 151)Theodoros Skiadas(Strefi) 52)Athanassios Tavoularis 152)Ioannis Flossas(Nomitsi) 53)Panagiotis Nastorakis 183)Evangeloaretseas(Koutifart) 54)0eorg1osSako1ariou 154)Pan.Boukouvala8(Kardomi) 55)Panagiotis Kourias 155)I.Kanakakis(Sparta) 56)Periklis Filopoulos 156)G.Loukourezos 57)Georgiod Damilatis 157)tfstratios Minakakis 58)Hristos Sevilas 158)Sot.Thoodaropoulos(Sparti) 59 )Hrist os Bandassis 15 9 )Efstratios Siritakis 60)Stylianos Mylonopoulos 160)I.Hristakeas(Koutifari) 61)Georgios Rallis 181)Petros Drineas(Nomitsi) 62)Ioannis Theodoropoulos 182)Georgios Psefteas(Plaza) 83)Androas Lambros 163)Petros Tzoumeloas ". • 64)Konst.Panagiotopoulos 184)Georgios Soumbanis " 65)Vassilios Stavropoulos 165)G.Vusengos(Nomitsi) 66)Goorgios Frantzioas 166)I.Kostakos(Iti1oo) 67)Vassilios Bentelopoulos 167)Vassi1ioz Argidls(Levidi) 68)Konst.Papadopoulos 168) Sotirios Vikos(Kamari) 69)Vassilios Dolarzos 169)Konst. Roussis * 70)Theodoros