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George Psychoundakis


Born
in Asi Gonia, Crete, Greece
November 03, 1920

Died
January 29, 2006

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Memoir


George Psychoundakis (Greek: Γεώργιος Ψυχουντάκης) was a shepherd and a Greek Resistance fighter on Crete during the Second World War. He served as dispatch runner between Petro Petrakas and Papadakis behind the German lines for the Cretan resistance and later, from 1941 to 1945, for the Special Operations Executive (SOE). During the postwar years he was at first mistakenly imprisoned as a deserter. While in prison he wrote his wartime memoirs, which achieved considerable success.

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― George Psychoundakis, The Cretan Runner: His story of the German Occupation
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