National Socialist Patriotic Organisation
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Hellenic Socialist Patriotic Organisation
)National Socialist Patriotic Organisation Εθνική Σοσιαλιστική Πατριωτική Οργάνωσις | |
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| Founder | Georgios Vlavianos, Spyros Sterodimas |
| Founded | 1941 |
| Dissolved | 1942 |
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The ESPO (Greek: Εθνική Σοσιαλιστική Πατριωτική Οργάνωσις, lit. 'National Socialist Patriotic Organization') [1] also mentioned as Hellenic Socialist Patriotic Organisation
Nazi organization created in the summer of 1941 in German-occupied Greece, under the leadership of Georgios Vlavianos and later Dr. Spyros Sterodimas.[3] Its leading members belonged to the middle bourgeoisie and the military ranks, while its ordinary members belonged to the working class and some to the underworld.
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The bombing
Dr. Sterodimas, meanwhile, was trying to recruit Greek youth to create a Greek division of the
resistance group blew up the organization's headquarters in central Athens. His death meant the abandonment of these plans, and the effective end of ESPO. After the death of Sterodimas, the leadership passed to Aristeides Andronikos, who left to Austria in September 1944 with other collaborators.[3]
Today there is a small monumento to PEAN's leader, Kostas Perrikos at the place.
References
- ^ "Εθνική Σοσιαλιστική Πατριωτική Οργάνωση (ΕΣΠΟ) -".
- ISBN 9781317898528.
- ^ a b c Αθανάσιος Γκανούλης (2016). "Ακροδεξιές οργανώσεις και παρακράτος στη μεταπολεμική Ελλάδα, 1949-1967" (PDF). Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας (διπλωματική εργασία)., σελ.32
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