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"Zhe violent pe section of the National "utual Ald, the torture ma wu=des al Ate leaders, the oloaing and wrecking of its offtece, the Placing of obstacles ia the usy - nf ite work, are not recent ar isolated instmovs, unfortunately » Tumadiately after — ; . the events of Decenber 1944, much of the persesution, violence and murder were _- a directed agains: the National. Mutual Ald. In ity after olty of Ma efcria, Thessaly and the Peloponnesus, district ef floes were ocmpletely wrecked, In The ssalonika, . the State, upon the pretext of preserving order, evicted the organization from ites effices. In Pireaus,the pélice raided the National Mutual ald offices md arrested and tortured ite leaderse In twenty monthe, ten Mational Mutual Aid leaders were ‘ murdered, Leonidas Velopoulos, Nicos Rallis, Cleo Deliveria, KE, Eeszidis, Chrietos Katrateis, "Blene Hronopeulou, Gearge Zervas, al) met death in lim of duty. } "To these ten must be added four more self saorifi cing apostles of the Net imal Mutual Aids | | "On the morning of August 15, in Chania, Crete, 22 year old, Thalia Marcuseki ated f the severe wounds she sustained the previous dey when gendarme attacked a group of oltizene, Thalia Marnusaki, an imcoent bystander in this instance, ree seived the full blast of police bulls te in her chests Her death deprives our cr- ganization of an inspired supporter of the social wel fare work ef the National Mut ual Alde She was secretary of the branch at the Koum-Kap{ comminity in Chanie and hed a amghificent record of national resigence activity during the Nazi ooo oe upations She is survived by « one end one half year old ohilde . ; et eh, "at dawn on Septenber 1, 1046, Idomeneus Kohilakis, Seoretary of the Kats ros . ‘| searieni Branch, was murdered by royalist members of the Xite organisations He : : | acuvus oshud him a wife and three young children--without’ meane of eupperte . | "Kohilekis is an example of a patriotic Greek with on enviable record of nate a fonel Siberatisa activity. Beginning in 1941 he hid and fea in his homs she a4 Australion airman, Charlie Homson, He fought continuously for the liberation of . a his scuntrye The Gestapo, the 88 and quisling traitors tried in every may to get --.-— 5 . Aa Sort ee ee th eer a ee * Woe - —- |