German Occupation Database

18/03/2026

to attend this online briefing, register at [email protected]

11/03/2026

a few impressions from German Occupation Database lead researcher Valentin Schneider's talk yesterday at the Museum of the National Bank of Greece in Athens, as part of the Interdisciplinar Seminar in Economic History
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pictures courtesy of Kalliopi Amygdalou and Andromache Theodoropoulou
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The realization of the project "Database of German military and paramilitary units in Greece 1941-1944/45" (German Occupation Database) is financed by the German Federal Foreign Office through funds of the German-Greek Future Fund.
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Εθνικό Iδρυμα Ερευνών/National Hellenic Research Foundation
Germany in Greece
Μουσείο της Τράπεζας της Ελλάδος
Πάντειον Πανεπιστήμιο, Πρύτανις - Panteion University, Rector
Athens University of Economics and Business - Οικονομικό Παν. Αθηνών

10/03/2026

German Occupation Database lead researcher Valentin Schneider's talk later today at the Museum of the National Bank of Greece in Athens, as part of the Interdisciplinar Seminar in Economic History - starts at 5pm local time - language: Greek
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The realization of the project "Database of German military and paramilitary units in Greece 1941-1944/45" (German Occupation Database) is financed by the German Federal Foreign Office through funds of the German-Greek Future Fund.
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Εθνικό Iδρυμα Ερευνών/National Hellenic Research Foundation
Germany in Greece
Μουσείο της Τράπεζας της Ελλάδος
Πάντειον Πανεπιστήμιο, Πρύτανις - Panteion University, Rector
Athens University of Economics and Business - Οικονομικό Παν. Αθηνών

24/02/2026

«Παρατηρώντας στα μεταδεδομένα την αρίθμηση που δόθηκε από τον έμπορο στα σκαναρισμένα αρχεία, διαπίστωσε ότι υπάρχει κενό τριών τεκμηρίων μετά τις εικόνες της 1ης Μαΐου 1944...» Από το άθρο του Γιάννη Παπαδόπουλου στην Καθημερινή στις 22 Φεβρουαρίου 2026.
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Η υλοποίηση του Ερευνητικού Έργου «Βάση δεδομένων των γερμανικών στρατιωτικών και παραστρατιωτικών μονάδων στην Ελλάδα 1941-1944/45» χρηματοδοτείται από το γερμανικό ομοσπονδιακό Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών, από πόρους του Ελληνογερμανικού Ταμείου για το Μέλλον.
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German Occupation Database
Εθνικό Iδρυμα Ερευνών/National Hellenic Research Foundation
Germany in Greece
Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ - Επίσημη σελίδα

Τι δείχνει η έρευνα των ιστορικών σε όλο το άλμπουμ του Γερμανού στρατιώτη – Ο Βαλεντίν Σνάιντερ, ειδικός στη γερμανική κατοχή στην Ελλάδα, αναλύει για την «Κ» τα φ....

23/02/2026

«Η εμπειρογνωμοσύνη του ιστορικού Βαλεντίν Σνάιντερ που τεκμηριώνει την αυθεντικότητα των φωτογραφιών του Χόιερ και έπαιξε καθοριστικό ρόλο στη διεκδίκηση του σύνολο του φωτογραφικού άλμπουμ από την Ελλάδα.»
Μερικές σκέψεις του επιστημονικού υπεύθυνου του German Occupation Database Βαλεντίν Σνάιντερ σχετικά με τη συλλογή φωτογραφιών που ανακαλύφθηκε την περασμένη εβδομάδα και απεικονίζει για πρώτη φορά τη μαζική εκτέλεση της 1ης Μαΐου 1944 στην Καϊσαριάνη, στο πλαίσιο αυτού του άρθρου του Γιάννη Παπαδόπουλου στη χθεσινή Καθημερινή, 22 Φεβρουαρίου 2026.
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Η υλοποίηση του Ερευνητικού Έργου «Βάση δεδομένων των γερμανικών στρατιωτικών και παραστρατιωτικών μονάδων στην Ελλάδα 1941-1944/45» χρηματοδοτείται από το γερμανικό ομοσπονδιακό Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών, από πόρους του Ελληνογερμανικού Ταμείου για το Μέλλον.
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Εθνικό Iδρυμα Ερευνών/National Hellenic Research Foundation
Germany in Greece
Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ - Επίσημη σελίδα

04/02/2026

a few impressions from GODB lead researcher Valentin Schneider's teaching assignment last week 30-31 January 2026 in Germany where his students at the University of Osnabrück presented their papers dealing with "Occupation and the Holocaust in Greece: Primary Sources between History and Memory" in cooperation with the group of students of Alexander Dalhouski who taught a class on "Sites of the 'Final Solution': the Minsk Ghetto and the Trostenez Extermination Site" - a great opportunity for students and their lecturers to cross-examine occupation and the Holocaust between Greece and Belarus, to mobilize the findings of the "German Occupation Database" and to envision the application of its methods to other regions.
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The realization of the project "Database of German military and paramilitary units in Greece 1941-1944/45" (German Occupation Database) is financed by the German Federal Foreign Office through funds of the German-Greek Future Fund.
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Εθνικό Iδρυμα Ερευνών/National Hellenic Research Foundation
Germany in Greece
Universität Osnabrück

28/01/2026

On Friday and Saturday 30-31 January 2026, GODB lead researcher Valentin Schneider's students at the University of Osnabrück will present their papers dealing with "Occupation and the Holocaust in Greece: Primary Sources between History and Memory" in cooperation with the group of students of Alexander Dalhouski who taught a class on "Sites of the 'Final Solution': the Minsk Ghetto and the Trostenez Extermination Site" - this public conference will be the opportunity for students and their lecturers to cross-examine occupation and the Holocaust between Greece and Belarus, to mobilize the findings of the "German Occupation Database" and to envision the application of its methods to other regions.
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Follow the link below for more information
Language: German
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The realization of the project "Database of German military and paramilitary units in Greece 1941-1944/45" (German Occupation Database) is financed by the German Federal Foreign Office through funds of the German-Greek Future Fund.
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Εθνικό Iδρυμα Ερευνών/National Hellenic Research Foundation
Germany in Greece
Universität Osnabrück

Am 30. und 31. Januar 2026 findet an der Universität Osnabrück die Abschlusstagung zweier Lehrveranstaltungen statt, in denen Studierende im Wintersemester 2025/26 Primärquellen zur Geschichte des Holocaust analysiert haben. Die Tagung bringt Forschungen zu Tatorte in Belarus und Griechenland in ...

28/01/2026

🎙️ PODCAST: "The Archives of the German Occupation": in the latest episode of the Podcast of the Institute of Historical Research of the NHRF, GODB lead researcher Valentin Schneider discusses the research project "German Occupation Database" and the nature of German occupation archives with Prof. Dr. Christy Constantakopoulou - What are these archives? What information do they contain? How does the digitization of the archives help research? How are war crimes recorded by the German administration? How does the German administration explain the heavy losses of the German army in the battle of Crete? Why does the occupation in Greece and Eastern Europe differ from the occupation in Western Europe? How many German soldiers came to Greece during the occupation? We discuss these and other questions in this podcast.
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Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0q9pPtBEs67x6CHKpOV3LO
Language: Greek
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The realization of the project "Database of German military and paramilitary units in Greece 1941-1944/45" (German Occupation Database) is financed by the German Federal Foreign Office through funds of the German-Greek Future Fund.
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Εθνικό Iδρυμα Ερευνών/National Hellenic Research Foundation
Germany in Greece

ΙστορΙΙΕς · Episode

09/12/2025

a few impressions from the lecture on "Aspects of the German Occupation of Greece, 1941-1945" given today by GODB lead researcher Valentin Schneider upon invitation by the Laboratory for the Study of Greek-German Relations and its director Assist. Prof. Dr. Jenny Lialiouti.
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The Laboratory for the Study of Greek-German Relations belongs to the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
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The realization of the project "Database of German military and paramilitary units in Greece 1941-1944/45" (German Occupation Database) is financed by the German Federal Foreign Office through funds of the German-Greek Future Fund.
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Εθνικό Iδρυμα Ερευνών/National Hellenic Research Foundation
Germany in Greece

09/12/2025

‼️NEW DATE
Today 9 December 2025 at 4pm, upon invitation by the Laboratory for the Study of Greek-German Relations and its director Assist. Prof. Dr. Jenny Lialiouti, GODB lead researcher Valentin Schneider is given the opportunity to present various "Aspects of the German Occupation of Greece, 1941-1945" based research for the German Occupation Database.
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The Laboratory for the Study of Greek-German Relations belongs to the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
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Language: Greek
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The realization of the project "Database of German military and paramilitary units in Greece 1941-1944/45" (German Occupation Database) is financed by the German Federal Foreign Office through funds of the German-Greek Future Fund.
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Εθνικό Iδρυμα Ερευνών/National Hellenic Research Foundation
Germany in Greece

08/12/2025

today 8 December 2025 at 6pm, upon invitation by Prof. Dr. Ioannis Zelepos of the Department of Modern History at the Faculty of History and Archaeology of the University of Ioannina, GODB lead researcher Valentin Schneider will give an online talk entitled "The German occupation of Greece (1941-1944/45): In-depth indexing of German military archives –the "German Occupation Database" project.
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The event is open to members of the academic community and the general public and will take place in the conference room of the Department of Philosophy, History, and Archaeology, in the Philosophy School building (first floor) and online, via the link:
https://tinyurl.com/27mabxxk
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Language: Greek / for more info: see the poster below
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The realization of the project "Database of German military and paramilitary units in Greece 1941-1944/45" (German Occupation Database) is financed by the German Federal Foreign Office through funds of the German-Greek Future Fund.
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Εθνικό Iδρυμα Ερευνών/National Hellenic Research Foundation
Germany in Greece
Εργαστήριο ιστορικής έρευνας νεότερων και σύγχρονων κοινωνιών