![]() ![]() Two motorcycles were in front, the dictator's car was following and at a distance of 10 meters the security car. It was the dictator George Papadopoulos with his entourage, who started as usual, from his villa at the 38th kilometer of the coastal road of Sounio. On the morning of August 13, 1968, a small phalanx was heading for Athens from Lagonisi. However, these revelations were never made. At that time he was preparing to make revelations about the relations that politicians had with the junta regime. In fact, the Armed Forces did not send a representative either.Ī few days before his sudden death he had submitted his resignation as a member of parliament for the Center Union. The gathered crowd at the time when the glass coffin passed the threshold of the Diocese shouted “Live”, while neither the then President of the Republic Konstantinos Tsatsos nor the then Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis attended the funeral. Thousands of people gathered there to say goodbye to a man who gave everything for Democracy. On May 5, the last act of the turbulent life of a hero like Panagoulis was played in the Diocese of Athens. Panagoulis's family spoke of a decision & # 8211 surrendered and left. His fine was redeemed at 150 drachmas a day and a fine of 3,000 drachmas. Stefas was sentenced to 11 months in prison. The court decision spoke of a car accident. “So strange that he can not logically claim that it is an accident,” said Chevas, as reported by the “Time Machine”.Ī year later, Stefas sat in the dock. However, the prosecutor Tsevas, who took over the case, initially spoke of murder: “The case is being investigated in all directions and leaves great room for the possibility of criminal action. It is noted that the pro-government newspapers of the time presented Stefas as a member of “Riga Fereou”. So he confirmed the version of the accident. ![]() In fact, as he said, he braked sharply, with the result that Panagoulis could not react. On May 3, a 31-year-old man, Michalis Stefas, appeared before the city police and stated that he was the one who inadvertently caused the accident. However, to date no evidence has been presented for all these speculations. Specifically, they stated that the car accident was set up to put the Alexandros Panagoulis out of battle and to destroy the evidence he had in his possession. There were several theories at the time about the accident that cost him his life. Seconds later he would leave his last breath on the asphalt. Panagoulis lost control of the Fiat Mirrafiori given to him by his partner Oriana Fallaci and was nailed to an underground store on the boulevard, perpendicular to his path. That morning the thread of his life was cut awkwardly as he was moving at high speed on Vouliagmeni Avenue, while next to him he had one or two cars that seemed to fight against him. pantheon of the History of modern Greece. It was early Saturday when the thread of life of one of the most important forms of the anti-dictatorship struggle was cut ingloriously & # 8211 He was one of the few who did not succumb to torture and did not betray his “beliefs” and ideals. ![]()
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