People from Erzurum - Markos Vafiadis, Johannes Avetaranian, Nene Hatun, Halis Aydemir, Armand, Yener Karahano Lu, Adnan Polat, Haluk K Rc (Paperback)

Chapters: Markos Vafiadis, Johannes Avetaranian, Nene Hatun, Halis Aydemir, Armand, Yener Karahano lu, Adnan Polat, Haluk K rc . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Markos Vafiadis (Greek: Theodosiopolis (Erzurum), Ottoman Empire, 1906 Athens, Greece, February 23, 1992) was a leading cadre of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) during the Greek Civil War. After the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey of 1922, Vafiadis went to Thessaloniki and Kavala as a refugee. From 1928, he worked in Thessaloniki as a member of the Federation of Greek Communist Youths (OKNE). In 1932, he was imprisoned and sent to internal exile for his political action. After his release in October 1933, he worked as party instructor in many areas of Greece. At the beginning of Metaxas' dictatorship (the "4th of August Regime") he was exiled again to the island of Ai Stratis, but managed to escape in less than a month. Subsequently he worked in the party's underground organisation in Crete and was one of the leaders of the Chania uprising against the dictatorial regime (28 July 1938). After the suppression of the uprising, he went to Athens where he was arrested. He was jailed in Akronafplia and was exiled to the island of Gavdos. In May 1941, at the beginning of the German occupation of Greece, he, along with other communist prisoners, was allowed to leave Gavdos and began underground work against the German occupation, initially in Crete, later in Athens and Thessaloniki. In 1942, he was elected into the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece and was named supervisor of the Macedonia wing of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS). In May 1944, he was elected as a representative of Thessaloniki to the national congress that took place at the village...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1417575