{"id":285,"count":13,"description":"Written by Ada Kapola &amp; Aggeliki Christodoulou\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\nKaiti Nisiriou-Zevgou (1903-1980), born in Istanbul, joined the Communist Party (KKE) in 1926. After her marriage to Yannis Zevgos in Moscow in 1929, she returned to Greece, where she faced political persecution under Metaxas' dictatorship. The outbreak of World War II found her exiled on the island of Folegandros, from which she escaped. Her participation in activities against the occupation and her important role as one of the six women ethnic councilors of the Political Committee for National Liberation (PEEA), highlighted her dedication to the struggle. During the Civil War, she maintained her illegal activities and was arrested and imprisoned. After her release from prison in 1963, she continued her political activity by joining the EDA. She participated in the struggle against the Greek Junta and fled abroad illegally. With its fall, she returned to Greece and remained politically active. She was a pioneer in the movements of resistance fighters with main demand the recognition of the National Resistance. She died in Athens in 1980.","link":"https:\/\/aski.gr\/wire\/exhibition\/zevgou\/","name":"Kaiti Nisiriou-Zevgou (1903-1980)","slug":"zevgou","taxonomy":"exhibition","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aski.gr\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition\/285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aski.gr\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aski.gr\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/exhibition"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/aski.gr\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/panel?exhibition=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}