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Alexandros Panagoulis
« on: Wednesday, 01 May, 2019 @ 16:12:16 »
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May 1st Marks 43rd Anniversary of Death of Anti-Junta Hero Panagoulis

Panagoulis became well-known for his brave struggle against the military dictatorship which ravaged Greece and its society for nearly seven years, between 1967 and 1974.

During the years of his detention, Panagoulis suffered numerous types of brutal torture which left their scars on his body forever.

He was elected a member of the Greek Parliament for the Center Union party, the historic rival of Greeceā€™s post-war Right.

But on May 1, 1976, Panagoulis suddenly died in a staged car crash in Athens.

The Greek press speculated immediately that Panagoulis had been assassinated. The crash had occurred two days before the scheduled publication of documents which would have allegedly provided evidence of how the colonels in the military dictatorship of 1967 had collaborated with the Nazi occupiers of Greece between 1941 and 1944.
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/05/01/may-1st-marks-43rd-anniversary-of-death-of-anti-junta-hero-panagoulis/