The Greek MP Maria Karagiorgi in exile in Chios, 1948

The Greek MP Maria Karagiorgi (1918-2012) was a political exile during the civil war on the island of Chios. In the photo Maria Karagiorgi with Emma Loudemi and her daughter Myrto, Chios 1948. Maria Karagiorgi joined the communist movement from the interwar period, and actively participated in the resistance movement during the German Occupation. Because of her convictions she was imprisoned and exiled for many years. After the war she was elected as a left-wing member of parliament. (ASKI, Photographic archive of Nikos Margaris)