Eleni "Lela" Karagianni, also written Karayanni, was a Greek resistance leader during World War II who worked to coordinate Greek resistance cells and their activities against the occupying Axis forces.
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Eleni "Lela" Karagianni, also written Karayanni, was a Greek resistance leader during World War II who worked to coordinate Greek resistance cells and their activities against the occupying Axis forces. Captured and tortured by the Germans in 1944, Karagianni was sent to Haidari concentration camp, where she continued to organize a resistance against the Germans. She was executed by firing squad on 8 September 1944.
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deceased
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Lived 1898 to 1944 · aged 46
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