{"id":295,"count":12,"description":"Written by Ada Kapola &amp; Aggeliki Christodoulou\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\nMaria Karra, born in 1925, defied gendered social norms to join the resistance movements during World War II. Through her participation in the EPON, she actively took part in secret activities against the German occupation, assuming organizational duties. During the Civil War, she suffered severe persecution and after the war, she defended the rights of political prisoners and fought against the constant political persecution by participating in the founding of the Panhellenic Union of Families of Political Exiles - Prisoners (PEOPEF). She was imprisoned and exiled, and upon her release she joined the EDA. With the imposition of the dictatorship of April 21st, she actively participated in the anti-dictatorial struggle by joining the PAM and then fled abroad. Returning to Greece after the fall of the Junta, MK continued her trade union activity while serving in local government and defending women's rights until her death in 2009.","link":"https:\/\/aski.gr\/wire\/exhibition\/karra\/","name":"Maria Karra (1925-2009)","slug":"karra","taxonomy":"exhibition","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aski.gr\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition\/295","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=295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}