[MGSA-L] May 10, 1956: The anniversary of the execution of two Greek freedom fighters

[Christos D. Katsetos]

Echoing Aristide Caratzas' post in memory of the two young freedom fighters,
Mihalakis Karaolis and Andreas Dimitriou, who on May 10, 1956 were sent
mercilessly to the gallows in a Nicosia prison, I should like to add the 
following thoughts. 

In 1956 Mainland Greeks from all walks of life and political persuasion 
voiced their strong solidarity with their Greek Cypriot brethren in their 
struggle against British colonial rule and for self-determination. The historical 
memory of the 1955-59 Greek Cypriot uprising and the people's yearning
for ΕΝΩΣΙΣ (unification) with Greece, during that time, ought to be part of our 
γνώθι σαυτόν and not be misconstrued as a "nationalist" manifestation in 
the name of realpolitik.  Importantly, Greeks across the democratic political
spectrum nowadays should stand united and not allow this sacred memory
to become contaminated --or worse, be held hostage-- by the purveyors of 
perverted patriotism, hate mongering, and national socialist totalitarianism.

RELATED LINKS

E.O.K.A. RIK - CYBC Documentary
EOKA Documentary broadcasted from Cybc (RIK) Cyprus featuring footage
from newsreels of the period.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loVBPDQ0VNk


"Θα πάρω μιαν ανηφοριά"
Στίχοι:  Ευαγόρας Παλληκαρίδης
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kDjQwgmENE


Colonial administration records -- Death sentences

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/migrated-archives-6-tranche-guide.pdf


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CDK
5/10/2014
On Saturday, May 10, 2014 1:21 PM, Aristide Caratzas <acaratzas at gmail.com> wrote:
 
On this day fifty-eight years ago (May 10, 1956) the British colonial administration in Cyprus hanged two young Greeks, Michalakis Karaolis and Andreas Demetriou (aged 23 and 22, respectively). Both men, who fought for the liberation of their land, went to their death with dignity and without fear.
We live at a time during which the notion of self-respect is devalued for many and the idea of freedom limited to those that happen to agree with them. Furthermore the evocation of the Greek identity, is denied by effete internationalists, perverted by Nazi sociopaths, and deranged Anarcho-Communist fanatics.
Karaolis and Demetriou, and the others murdered by the British occupation forces in that corner of Hellenism, died so that the rest of us maintain our self-respect, to live and produce in the context of an identity in which the human being is at the center, and the roots of which stretch back at least three millennia. 



-- 
Aristide D.Caratzas
acaratzas at gmail.com

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