CRETE Magazines May 2014 | Page 16

Maria Lioudaki M aria Lioudaki was born in Latsida, outside of Mirabello. She was an enlightened and charismatic teacher, who became a folklorist and great visionary pioneer of educational reform during her era. She emerged at the same time as a fighter of freedom and democracy. She took part in the liberation struggle of the people and later fell victim to the political fanaticism of the time. She was captured while serving in Ierapetra and executed in 1947 in Iraklio. Maria Lioudaki Maria Drandaki M aria Drandaki was born in Ierapetra and took part in the national resistance. She established, with Mary Lioudaki and other women, the organization of the women’s section of EAM (the National Liberation Front) of Ierapetra. She also was a member of the organization, “National Solidarity.” She was executed with Lioudaki in 1947. Maria Drandaki Μαρία Λιουδάκη