Ilektra Apostolou ( el, Ηλέκτρα Αποστόλου, 1912 - 26 July 1944) was a member of the

Young Communist League of Greece Young Communist League of Greece ( el, Oμοσπονδία Kομμουνιστικών Nεολαιών Eλλάδας; OKNE) was the youth wing of the Communist Party of Greece. OKNE was founded on November 28, 1922. The journal ''I Neolaia'' (Η � ...

United Panhellenic Organization of Youth The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth, abbreviated EPON ( el, Ενιαία Πανελλαδική Οργάνωση Νέων (ΕΠΟΝ)), was a Greek resistance organization that was active during the Axis Occupation of Greece in World ...

and the Communist Party of Greece, participating in the Greek Resistance. She was also a proponent of

woman's rights Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...

. She was executed by the collaborationist State Special Security Directorate, which was a section of Hellenic Gendarmerie, because of her activity. Besides her action, she is known for the questioning she had with her interrogator: "''Where are you from? I am from Greece. Where do you live? In Greece. What is your name? Greek. Who are your collaborators? They're all Greeks. What is your job? I work for the Greek people.''""ΗΛΕΚΤΡΑ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥ Μια ηρωίδα του λαού μας
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Rizospastis ''Rizospastis'' ( el, Ριζοσπάστης, "The Radical") is the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Greece. It has been published daily since its first issue in 1916. Liana Kanelli is currently one of the senior editors of the news ...

'', Sunday 29 July 2001

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*Βιογραφική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια του Νεωτέρου Ελληνισμού 1830-2010 - Αρχεία Ελληνικής Βιογραφίας, Εκδόσεις Μέτρον, 2011, τόμος Α΄, σελ. 122 *Ιστορία της Αντίστασης 1940-45, Εκδόσεις Αυλός, Αθήνα 1979 *Το τιμωρό χέρι του λαού. Η δράση του ΕΛΑΣ και της ΟΠΛΑ στην κατεχόμενη πρωτεύουσα 1942-1944, Ιάσονας Χανδρινός, Εκδόσεις Θεμέλιο, Αθήνα 2012 *Ακροναυπλία. Θρύλος και πραγματικότητα, Γιάννης Μανούσακας, Εκδόσεις Δωρικός, Αθήνα 1978 1912 births 1944 deaths Greek communists Greek Resistance members National Liberation Front (Greece) members Women in World War II Executed Greek people People from Athens 20th-century Greek women politicians {{Greece-mil-bio-stub