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61 Years since the End of the civil War in Greece (1946–1949) 277
were used documents from hungary, poland and Czech republic. In
romania, documents relating to the Civil War in Greece have not yet
been published. Great interest continues to provide the documents from
Albania and russia. In conclusion, there is an impressive bibliography,
both in Greek and in international languages, major strides have been made
concerning the knowledge of the involvement level of the socialist states in
the Civil War in Greece, so we have a fairly complete image of this agitated
period.
In June 1941, Greece was under a tripartite German, Italian and
Bulgarian occupation, which has extended over the whole country. the
Germans imposed a tough regime of occupation that led to the exhaustion
of the country. everything that Greece had managed to undertake and to
build in the 20 years after the catastrophe in Asia Minor (1922) collapsed.
Greece was in pain and everywhere one could see only poverty, hunger,
unhappiness and chaos.
In those years of hard occupation, when hundreds were dying daily,
the romanian people gave material support and moral help to the Greek
people, by sending huge amounts of food and grain, although relations
between Greece and romania had been interrupted in June 1941. 2
Despite existing difficulties, the Greeks started organizing the
resistance against the fascist invaders and domination. unfortunately, the
frequent disagreements between representatives of different political parties
hindered the coordination of their actions. the selfishness and ambitions of
the Greek leaders failed to overcome their own antipathy and ideological
conceptions.
under these conditions, profiting by of the lack of mobility of bourgeois
party leaders, the Greek Communist party (pCG) carried on an intense
activity, although the party’s General Secretary nikos zahariadis, arrested
since 1936, had been handed over to the Germans in 1941, and his trace
had been lost.
Τhe communist National liberation Front (EAM) was formed οn the
Communists’ initiative in 1941, which started organizing a large resistance
and gradually began to play an increasing role in the political life of
the country. the national liberation Front (eAM) created the national
people’s liberation Army (elAS) in 1942, which would evolve rapidly,
with many supporters among young people and women.
2 peneleA FIlIttI, Georgeta, România – Grecia, Relaţii istorice, Documente din
arhiva legaţiei române din Atena (Bucharest: editura Demiurg, 1997), p. 18. / peneleA
FIlIttI, Georgeta, Romania – Greece, Historical Relations, Documents of the Archives of
the Romanian Legation, 1941–1947 (Bucharest: Demiurg publishing house, 1997), p. 18.