Lela Karagianni
Lela Karagianni | |
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Λέλα Καραγιάννη | |
Karagianni in 1916 | |
| Born | Eleni Karagianni 24 June 1898 Limni, Euboea, Greece |
| Died | 8 September 1944 (aged 45–46) Athens, Greece |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Occupation | Resistance leader |
| Children | 7 |
| Relatives | Laskarina Bouboulina (Great Grandmother) |
| Righteous Among the Nations |
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Eleni "Lela" Karagianni (Greek: Λέλα Καραγιάννη [ˈlela karaˈʝani]; 1898 – 8 September 1944), 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.