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Handmade card from political prisoner Georgoulas Beikos to his wife Maria on their anniversary, 1958

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Description

The Greek resistance fighter and artist Maria Ferla Beikou (1925-2011) participated in the Greek Civil War in the armed section of the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE). After the end of the civil war, and the defeat of the DSE, Greek fighters became political refugees in Eastern European countries. Maria Beikou was a political refugee in Moscow and at the same time her husband Georgoulas Beikos was a political prisoner in Greece. This is a handmade card from Georgoulas to his wife Maria on their anniversary, 1958 (ASKI, Archive of Maria Beikou)

Creator
Unknown
Source/Rightsholder
ASKI
Rights
Creative Commons - Attribution, Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
Created
1958
Spatial
Athens, Greece
Life Story
Maria Ferla Beikou (1925-2011)
The Greek resistance fighter and artist Maria Ferla Beikou (1925-2011) participated in the Greek Civil War in the armed section of the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE). After the end of the civil war, and the defeat of the DSE, Greek fighters became political refugees in Eastern European countries. Maria Beikou was a political refugee in Moscow and at the same time her husband Georgoulas Beikos was a political prisoner in Greece. This is a handmade card from Georgoulas to his wife Maria on their anniversary, 1958 (ASKI, Archive of Maria Beikou)
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