Ilektra Apostolou Explained

Ilektra Apostolou (el|Ηλέκτρα Αποστόλου, 1912 - 26 July 1944) was a member of the Young Communist League of Greece, United Panhellenic Organization of Youth and the Communist Party of Greece, participating in the Greek Resistance. She was also a proponent of woman's rights. She was executed by the collaborationist State Special Security Directorate, which was a section of Hellenic Gendarmerie, because of her activity. Besides her action, she is known for the questioning she had with her interrogator: "Where are you from? I am from Greece. Where do you live? In Greece. What is your name? Greek. Who are your collaborators? They're all Greeks. What is your job? I work for the Greek people."^[1]

Sources

• Βιογραφική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια του Νεωτέρου Ελληνισμού 1830-2010 - Αρχεία Ελληνικής Βιογραφίας, Εκδόσεις Μέτρον, 2011, τόμος Α΄, σελ. 122
• Ιστορία της Αντίστασης 1940-45, Εκδόσεις Αυλός, Αθήνα 1979
• Το τιμωρό χέρι του λαού. Η δράση του ΕΛΑΣ και της ΟΠΛΑ στην κατεχόμενη πρωτεύουσα 1942-1944, Ιάσονας Χανδρινός, Εκδόσεις Θεμέλιο, Αθήνα 2012
• Ακροναυπλία. Θρύλος και πραγματικότητα, Γιάννης Μανούσακας, Εκδόσεις Δωρικός, Αθήνα 1978

Notes and References

1. http://www2.rizospastis.gr/wwwengine/story.do?id=888709&textCriteriaClause=%CE%97%CE%9B%CE%95%CE%9A%CE%A4%CE%A1%CE%91&%CE%91%CE%A0%CE%9F%CE%A3%CE%A4%CE%9F%CE%9B%CE%9F%CE%A5&publDate=28/10/2005 "ΗΛΕΚΤΡΑ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥ Μια ηρωίδα του λαού μας