Visit Verzetsmonument klooster Preveli, Crete

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During the German occupation, the Monastery of Preveli became a shelter for the foreign troops that were trapped in Crete and hunted by the German Army. Two escape missions were organized and the troops were transferred safely to Egypt. However the second mission became known to the German Army and they tried to arrest the abbot Agathagelos Lagouvardos. Abbot Agathagelos was early informed about the german plans and managed to escape to Middle East. The German Army arrived at the Monastery on August 25, 1941 and interrogated and arrested the monks. The german soldiers caused severe damage to the Monastery and transferred the arrested monks to the Firkas prison. Later they were released due to the strong pressure from various important persons of Crete. The Monastery never gave up its action against the Occupation Army. The sculptural syntheses is composed by 2 sculptures of human being size and a headstone engraved with the flags of Greece, Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom. The first sculpture shows the Abbot of the Preveli Monastery on 1941 Agathangelos Lagouvardos armed , and the second a soldier of the Allies. This realistic conjectural structure is referring to the historical facts and will remind in perpetuity the struggles of the Cretan people for its freedom and the collaboration with any nation worldwide, who believes on the ideals of democracy and freedom

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