In retaliation for the activities of the Cretan resistance, Wehrmacht General Friedrich- Wilhelm Muller ordered mass executions and the destruction of villages in Viannos and Ierapetra. Between the 14th and the 16th of September 1943, the Germans took the lives of about 500 people and burned and looted 20 villages. This memorial was created in memory of these atrocities. The centre is dominated by a column surmounted by the figure of a fighter bent at the feet of a winged Nike (Victory). The composition is completed by 11 columns depicting human figures, some raising their fists as a sign of resistance, which bear the names of those executed. In the adjacent Holocaust Museum, visitors can see symbolic representations of the resistance and sacrifice of the brave Cretans during the German Occupation.
Main Bibliography
- Bury John – Meiggs Russell, A History of Greece. To the Death of Alexander the Great, Translated by Rouli Tataki, K. N. Petropoulos, Anna Papadimitriou - Grammenou, Konstantinos Buraselis, Angelos Matthaiou, Athens 2011.
- Αλεξάνδρου, μτφρ. Ρούλη Τατάκη, Κ. Ν. Πετρόπουλος, Άννα Παπαδημητρίου Γραμμένου,
- Κωνσταντίνος Μπουραζέλης, Άγγελος Ματθαίου, Αθήνα 2011.
- Lefèvre François, Histoire Du Monde Grec Antique, Translated by Anastasia Kefala, Mina Kardamitsa, Athens 2016.
- Καρδαμίτσα, Αθήνα 2016.
- Antonopoulou Zeta, Τα Γλυπτά της Αθήνας: Υπαίθρια Γλυπτική 1834-2004, Athens 2003.
- Karaiskou Vicky, Νεοελληνική Γλυπτική: Ματιές και αναγνώσεις, Athens 2011.
- Pavlopoulos Dimitris, Ζητήματα Νεοελληνικής Γλυπτικής, Athens 1998.
- Γλυπτά, Αθήνα 2020.
- Pavlopoulos Dimitris, Από τον Ιερό Λόχο στον Κωνσταντίνο ΙΒ’: Νεότερα Αθηναϊκά Γλυπτά, Athens 2020.
Main Webliography
http://www.athenssculptures.com
https://explore.cure-project.gr
https://www.thisiscrete.gr/gr/historical-monuments
https://www.wikipedia.org
Informations
Additional
Creator: Giannis Parmakellis, Antonis Pavlakis
Date: 1966
Material: Marble, stone, concrete
Location: Seli, Amiras
Type: Memorial-Museum
Subject: World War II, Viannos Holocaust
Access: Accessible all 24 hours
Memorial:
Museum: Monday-Friday, 10:00-15:00, weekends by prior arrangement
Accessible to people with disabilities
Contact: +306973307926, +306977788869
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