Soon after the news of the Damasta attack reached '' Generalleutnant '' Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller , the commander of Crete who one year earlier had orchestrated the Viannos massacres , he issued the following order : In the early morning of 13 August 1944 , German battalions of the 65th regiment/22 . Luftlande Infanterie-Division with a strength of around 2000 men moved towards Anogeia . Sentries installed in nearby villages noticed them and notified the people of Anogeia , allowing men to flee to the mountains for safety . Upon entering the village , the German forces gathered the women and children and then forced them to march to the village of Perama . There , approximately away , women and children were dispersed in nearby villages of the Mylopotamos region . Around 25 villagers , including women , elders and disabled , who refused to abandon their homes , were summarily shot . The village houses were then systematically pillaged , burned and finally dynamited . The pillage and destruction continued for a total of 23 days until early September , turning Anogeia into piles of rubble . During every night , the Germans retreated to the nearby village of Sisarha ( ) . Pack animals were requisitioned to transport the loot to Sisarha , where it was loaded to trucks that transported it to the cities . According to a report compiled on behalf of the Greek state in the summer of 1945 , out of the 940 houses of Anogeia , none stood intact . The newly built school was also destroyed and the three churches had been turned into stables . Shepherd huts around the village were demolished and all livestock ( mostly sheep and goats ) were seized
Viannos massacres
Viannos massacres
Razing of Anogeia