Qualla: Massacre of Kommeno https://qualla.com/massacre-of-kommeno en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:06 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Massacre of Kommeno https://qualla.com/massacre-of-kommeno Massacre of Kommeno: Introduction https://qualla.com/massacre-of-kommeno/ The morning of 16 August 1943 began the way summer mornings in Kommeno always began. Farmers and their families were in their homes along the east bank of the Arachthos River in northwestern Greece. Some had been awake through the night — a wedding had taken place the evening before, and guests from the village and surrounding area were still gathered, still celebrating. The date was the day after the Dormition of the Mother of God, one of the most important feast days in the Orthodox calendar. Then, at dawn, lorries carrying 120 soldiers of the 12th Company of the 98th Regiment of the German 1st Mountain Division arrived at the edge of the village.

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/y/y/massacre-of-kommeno-wp/sqyy-massacre-of-kommeno-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Massacre of Kommeno: A Village on the River https://qualla.com/massacre-of-kommeno/ Kommeno in 1940 was home to 776 people. They farmed the flat land near the Arachthos and fished its waters, living in the manner of generations before them. The village sat north of the Gulf of Ambracia, tucked into the agricultural lowlands of Epirus — a quiet place, notable for...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/y/y/massacre-of-kommeno-wp/sqyy-massacre-of-kommeno-the-orders.mp3 0:06 3 full Massacre of Kommeno: 16 August 1943 https://qualla.com/massacre-of-kommeno/ The soldiers attacked the houses with grenades. As families woke and tried to run, they were shot. The village priest came out and begged Röser to spare his people. Röser killed him on the spot. Men, women, children, and the elderly were killed indiscriminately. Eyewitness accoun...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/y/y/massacre-of-kommeno-wp/sqyy-massacre-of-kommeno-16-august-1943.mp3 0:06 4 full Massacre of Kommeno: The Names on the Stone https://qualla.com/massacre-of-kommeno/ The official casualty count is 317 dead. Among them were 73 children under the age of ten. Twenty entire families were wiped out. The newlyweds from the previous evening's celebration were killed. No reparations were ever paid to the families of the victims. Salminger was killed...

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