Bøker av Marlen von Xylander

In contrast to the Greek mainland, the Nazis occupied most of Crete between1941 - 45. After the German troops' defeat in North Africa, Crete wasturned into a fortress.This study examines the goals, methods and effectiveness of the Germanoccupation policy, the reactions of the Cretan administration and of thepopulation in particular, and also describes the opponents' combatoperations.The study is based not only on written papers, documents and files ofGreek, Cretan, British and German origin, but also on letters, manuscripts,expos'es and interviews by and with contemporary witnesses.Marlen von Xylander, Studies in History, Ethnology and Literature at Hamburg University;Master's degree, 1987; academic tenure at University of Crete, 1984 - 85;PhD at Hamburg University, 2009