Serafim Triantafyllou
Serafim Triantafyllou ( Greek Σεραφείμ Τριανταφύλλου Serafím Triandafýllou , * 1912 in Megala Kalyvia , today incorporated into Trikala ; † March 26, 1944 in Athens ) was a Greek lawyer, communist and resistance fighter against the German occupation.
Resistance and Arrest
The son of a peasant family was first political commissar of a battalion operating in Thessaly in the first division of the communist liberation army ELAS , which began the armed struggle against the German occupation in mid-1943; then in Athens editor of pamphlets and member of the National Liberation Front EAM . He organized the contacts between Athens and the departments in the mountains. He was arrested by treason on March 11, 1944, along with other partisans during a meeting of the SS in Athens. He was taken to the SS headquarters on Merlinstrasse and tortured. On March 26, 1944, he escaped while being transported to the Kesariani execution site . He was followed and shot in the streets of Athens. While on the run, he managed to pass on his short farewell letter, in it the sentence: I am heartbroken that I don't have a bomb to blow up the Germans. On October 12, 1944, the Wehrmacht withdrew and ELAS took control.
Memorials
- Inscription with a quote from his farewell letter and short biography in several languages at the Monumento alla Resistenza europea in Como, see literature: Farewell letter.
literature
- Farewell letter in Piero Malvezzi and Giovanni Pirelli: Lettere di condannati a morte della Resistenza Europea , publisher: Giulio Einaudi, Turin 1954, German: last letters to death condemned , publisher: dtv, Munich 1962; Chronology of the Greek Resistance, pages 125–129, short biography and farewell letter, pages 135–136.
Web links
- fatsimare.gr Web magazine from Trikala, presentation of the resistance in Trikala and Thessaly, taking into account the activity Triantafyllous and his place of birth Megala Kalyvia.
Remarks
- ↑ Today memorial, see Memorials Europe: Merlin
- ↑ See literature: farewell letter.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Triantafyllou, Serafim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Τριανταφύλλου, Σεραφείμ (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek resistance fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Megala Kalyvia , part of Trikala |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 26, 1944 |
| Place of death | Athens |