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1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions, the Glossary

On 1 May 1944, 200 Greek communists (Οι 200 της Καισαριανής, "The 200 of Kaisariani") were executed at the firing range of the Athens suburb of Kaisariani by the Nazi occupation authorities as reprisal for the killing of a German general by Greek Resistance forces.^[1]

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1944 in Greece
Anti-communism in Greece
Greece in World War II
Kaisariani
Mass murder in 1944
Massacres in Greece during World War II
May 1944 events
Nazi war crimes in Greece

Acronauplia

The Acronauplia (translit, Iç Kale, "Inner Castle") is the oldest part of the city of Nafplion in Greece.

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Alexis Tsipras

Alexis Tsipras (Αλέξης Τσίπρας,; born 28 July 1974) is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2015 to 2019.

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Anafi

Anafi or Anaphe (Ανάφη; Ἀνάφη) is a Greek island community in the Cyclades.

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André Hennicke

André Hennicke (born 21 September 1958) is a German actor.

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Andreas Konstantinou

Andreas Konstantinou (Ανδρέας Κωνσταντίνου) is a Greek actor.

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Anti-communism

Anti-communism is political and ideological opposition to communist beliefs, groups, and individuals.

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Athens

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.

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Axis occupation of Greece

The occupation of Greece by the Axis Powers (the occupation) began in April 1941 after Nazi Germany invaded the Kingdom of Greece in order to assist its ally, Italy, in their ongoing war that was initiated in October 1940, having encountered major strategical difficulties. 1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions and Axis occupation of Greece are Greece in World War II.

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Böhlau Verlag

Böhlau Verlag is a book and magazine publisher predominantly of humanities and social science disciplines, based in Vienna (Böhlau Verlag GmbH & Co. KG) and Cologne (Böhlau Verlag GmbH & Cie.), with a branch in Weimar.

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Berghahn Books

Berghahn Books is a New York and Oxford–based publisher of scholarly books and academic journals in the humanities and social sciences, with a special focus on social and cultural anthropology, European history, politics, and film and media studies.

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Chalcis

Chalcis (Ancient Greek & Katharevousa: Χαλκίς), also called Chalkida or Halkida (Modern Greek: Χαλκίδα), is the chief city of the island of Euboea or Evia in Greece, situated on the Euripus Strait at its narrowest point.

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Communist Party of Greece

The Communist Party of Greece (Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas, KKE) is a Marxist–Leninist political party in Greece.

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Corfu (city)

Corfu (also) or Kerkyra (Kérkyra,; Kórkyra,;; Corcyra) is a city and a former municipality on the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece.

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Dance of Zalongo

Dance of Zalongo Χορός τουΖαλόγγου, Horos tou Zalongou) refers to the mass suicide of Souliote women and their children that is said to have occurred in the aftermath of the invasion of Ottoman troops on Souli on December 16, 1803.

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Distomo massacre

The Distomo massacre (Σφαγή τουΔιστόμου; Massaker von Distomo or the Distomo-Massaker) was a Nazi war crime which was perpetrated by members of the Waffen-SS in the village of Distomo, Greece, in 1944, during the German occupation of Greece during World War II. 1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions and Distomo massacre are massacres in Greece during World War II and Nazi war crimes in Greece.

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ELAS

The Greek People's Liberation Army (Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός (ΕΛΑΣ), Ellinikós Laïkós Apeleftherotikós Stratós; ELAS) was the military arm of the left-wing National Liberation Front (EAM) during the period of the Greek resistance until February 1945, when, following the Dekemvriana clashes and the Varkiza Agreement, it was disarmed and disbanded. 1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions and ELAS are Greece in World War II.

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Franz Krech

Major General (Generalmajor) Franz Krech (23 June 1889 – 27 April 1944) was the German commander of the 41st Fortress Division of the Wehrmacht during the World War II Axis occupation of Greece.

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German invasion of Greece

The German invasion of Greece, also known as the Battle of Greece or Operation Marita (Unternehmen Marita), were the attacks on Greece by Italy and Germany during World War II.

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Greek Civil War

The Greek Civil War (translit) took place from 1946 to 1949. 1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions and Greek Civil War are anti-communism in Greece.

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Greek government-debt crisis

Greece faced a sovereign debt crisis in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007–2008.

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Greek resistance

The Greek resistance (Ethnikí Antístasi "National Resistance") involved armed and unarmed groups from across the political spectrum that resisted the Axis occupation of Greece in the period 1941–1944, during World War II.

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Haidari concentration camp

The Haidari concentration camp (stratópedo syngéntrosis Chaidaríou; KZ Chaidari) was a concentration camp operated by the German Schutzstaffel at the Athens suburb of Haidari during the Axis occupation of Greece in World War II.

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Hymn to Liberty

The "Hymn to Liberty", or "Hymn to Freedom" (Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν, also Ὕμνος πρὸς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν), is a poem written by Dionysios Solomos in 1823 that consists of 158 stanzas and it is used as the national anthem of Greece and Cyprus.

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Internal exile in Greece

Internal exile was used to punish political dissidents by various Greek governments, including the Pangalos and Metaxas regimes, the government during the Greek Civil War, and the Greek junta. 1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions and Internal exile in Greece are anti-communism in Greece.

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International Workers' Day

International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement and occurs every year on 1 May, or the first Monday in May.

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January 2015 Greek legislative election

Legislative elections were held in Greece on Sunday 25 January 2015 to elect all 300 members of the Hellenic Parliament in accordance with the constitution.

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Kaisariani

Kaisariani (Καισαριανή) is a suburban town and a municipality in the eastern part of the Athens agglomeration in Greece.

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Kalavryta massacre

The Kalavryta massacre (Σφαγή των Καλαβρύτων), or the Holocaust of Kalavryta (Ολοκαύτωμα των Καλαβρύτων), was the near-extermination of the male population and the total destruction of the town of Kalavryta, Axis-occupied Greece, by the 117th Jäger Division (Wehrmacht) during World War II, on 13 December 1943. 1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions and Kalavryta massacre are massacres in Greece during World War II and Nazi war crimes in Greece.

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Kathimerini

Kathimerini (Greek: Η Καθημερινή) is a daily, political and financial morning newspaper published in Piraeus, Athens.

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Kleisoura, Kastoria

Kleisoura (formerly Vlachokleisoura; Κλεισούρα, also Βλαχοκλεισούρα, Vlachokleisoúra; Clisura or Vlahoclisura) is a traditionally Aromanian (Vlach) settlement and a former municipality in Kastoria regional unit, Macedonia, Greece. 1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions and Kleisoura, Kastoria are Nazi war crimes in Greece.

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Laconia

Laconia or Lakonia (Λακωνία) is a historical and administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula.

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Lingiades massacre

The Lingiades massacre, on 3 October 1943, was a Nazi German war crime committed by members of the 1st Mountain Division of the ''Wehrmacht Heer'' during the Axis occupation of Greece. 1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions and Lingiades massacre are massacres in Greece during World War II and Nazi war crimes in Greece.

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List of islands of Greece

Greece has many islands, with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 to 6,000, depending on the minimum size to take into account.

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Makronisos

Makronisos (Μακρόνησος, lit. Long Island), or Makronisi, is an island in the Aegean Sea, in Greece, notorious as the site of a political prison from the 1920s to the 1970s.

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Massacre of Kommeno

The Massacre of Kommeno (Η σφαγή τουΚομμένου; Massaker von Kommeno) was a Nazi war crime perpetrated by members of the Wehrmacht in the village of Kommeno, Greece, in 1943, during the German occupation of Greece in World War II. 1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions and Massacre of Kommeno are massacres in Greece during World War II and Nazi war crimes in Greece.

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Molaoi

Molaoi (Μολάοι) is a town and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece.

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Napoleon Soukatzidis

Napoleon Soukatzidis (Ναπολέων Σουκατζίδης; 1909 – May 1, 1944) was a Greek communist, trade unionist and one of the 200 prisoners executed at the firing range of the Athens suburb of Kaisariani by the Nazi occupation forces on May 1, 1944. 1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions and Napoleon Soukatzidis are People executed by Nazi Germany by firing squad.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Pantelis Voulgaris

Pantelis Voulgaris (Παντελής Βούλγαρης; born 23 October 1940) is a Greek film director and screenwriter.

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Prime Minister of Greece

The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic (Prothypourgós tis Ellinikís Dimokratías), usually referred to as the prime minister of Greece (label), is the head of government of the Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Greek Cabinet.

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Razing of Kandanos

The Razing of Kandanos (Καταστροφή της Καντάνου) refers to the complete destruction of the village of Kandanos in Western Crete (Greece) and the killing of about 180 of its inhabitants on 3 June 1941 by German occupying forces during World War II. 1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions and Razing of Kandanos are massacres in Greece during World War II and Nazi war crimes in Greece.

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Reprisal

A reprisal is a limited and deliberate violation of international law to punish another sovereign state that has already broken them.

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Richard von Weizsäcker

Richard Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker (15 April 1920 – 31 January 2015) was a German politician (CDU), who served as President of Germany from 1984 to 1994.

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Rizospastis

Rizospastis (Ριζοσπάστης, "The Radical") is the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Greece.

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Security Battalions

The Security Battalions (Tagmata Asfaleias, derisively known as Germanotsoliades (Γερμανοτσολιάδες, meaning "German tsoliás") or Tagmatasfalites (Ταγματασφαλίτες)) were Greek collaborationist paramilitary groups, formed during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II in order to support the German occupation troops. 1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions and Security Battalions are anti-communism in Greece.

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Sparta, Laconia

Sparta (Σπάρτη) is a city and municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. It lies at the site of ancient Sparta within the Evrotas Valley. The municipality was merged with six nearby municipalities in 2011, for a total population (as of 2021) of 32,786, of whom 17,773 lived in the city.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Last Note

The Last Note (Το Τελευταίο Σημείωμα, translit. To Teleftaio Simeioma) is a 2017 Greek drama film directed by Pantelis Voulgaris.

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Themistoklis Sofoulis

Themistoklis Sofoulis or Sophoulis (24 November 1860 – 24 June 1949) was a prominent centrist and liberal Greek politician from Samos Island, who served three times as Prime Minister of Greece, with the Liberal Party, which he led for many years.

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Wehrmacht

The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.

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4th of August Regime

The 4th of August Regime (Kathestós tis tetártis Avgoústou), commonly also known as the Metaxas regime (Καθεστώς Μεταξά, Kathestós Metaxá), was an authoritarian regime under the leadership of General Ioannis Metaxas that ruled the Kingdom of Greece from 1936 to 1941. 1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions and 4th of August Regime are anti-communism in Greece.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_May_1944_Kaisariani_executions

Also known as Executions of Kaisariani, Kaisariani executions.

, Wehrmacht, 4th of August Regime.

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See also

1944 in Greece

Anti-communism in Greece

Greece in World War II

Kaisariani

Mass murder in 1944

Massacres in Greece during World War II

May 1944 events

Nazi war crimes in Greece

References