The ESPO (Greek: Εθνικο-Σοσιαλιστική Πατριωτική Οργάνωσις, "National-Socialist Patriotic Organization") was a collaborationist, pro-Nazi organization created in the summer of 1941 in German-occupied Greece, under the leadership of Dr. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Collaborationism, can describe the Treason of cooperating with enemy Forces occupying one's Country. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German The Axis occupation of Greece during World War II ( Η Κατοχή, I Katochi, meaning "The Occupation" began in April Spyros Sterodimas. Its members were ultra-nationalists, national-socialists and/or fascists aiming to help the Axis occupation forces against Communism and Jewry. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based Jewish population refers to the number of Jews in the world Precise figures are difficult to calculate because the definition of " Who is a Jew " remains a
One of their main actions was the ransacking of the synagogue on Melidoni Street, Athens, by the ESPO's youth section.
Dr. Sterodimas, meanwhile, was trying to recruit Greek youth to create a Greek division of the Waffen SS, but was killed when the PEAN Resistance group blew up the ESPO's headquarters in central Athens. The Waffen-SS ( German for "Armed SS" literally "Weapons SS" was the Combat arm of the Schutzstaffel ("Protective Squadron" The Panhellenic Union of Fighting Youths (Πανελλήνιος Ένωσις Αγωνιζόμενων Νέων - PEAN (ΠΕΑΝ for short was a Greek Resistance The Greek Resistance ( Εθνική Αντίσταση, ie "National Resistance" is the blanket term for a number of armed and unarmed groups from across the political His death meant the abandonment of these plans, and the effective end of ESPO. During the Day of Atonement services, on September 22, 1942, the Gestapo seized ten prominent Jews in retaliation for this explosion. The ( contraction of ge heime Sta ats' po' lizei: "Secret State Police" was the official Secret police of Nazi Germany