{"id":289,"count":10,"description":"Written by Ada Kapola &amp; Aggeliki Christodoulou\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\nElektra Apostolou (1912-1944) is a symbol of the Greek national resistance. She joined the communist movement from an early age as a key member of the communist youth organisation (OKNE), taking on leadership roles and publishing the newspaper <em>Neolaia<\/em> [The Youth]. Her participation in international conferences was crucial. During Metaxas' dictatorship she was persecuted, tortured, imprisoned and exiled with her newborn daughter to the island of Anafi. While Greece was under German occupation, she escaped and joined the resistance with the EPON. She was arrested in 1944, brutally tortured and murdered by the Special Security Service. For the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), Elektra Apostolou, apart from being a symbol of the resistance struggle, was also a model of a female communist who occupied a special place in the pantheon of emblematic personalities who defined the Greek communist movement. Her sacrifice inspired many artists who wrote and created works dedicated to her.","link":"https:\/\/aski.gr\/wire\/exhibition\/apostolou\/","name":"Elektra Apostolou (1912-1944)","slug":"apostolou","taxonomy":"exhibition","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aski.gr\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition\/289","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=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}