National Socialist Patriotic Organisation Εθνική Σοσιαλιστική Πατριωτική Οργάνωσις | |
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Founder | Georgios Vlavianos, Spyros Sterodimas |
Founded | 1941 |
Dissolved | 1942 |
Ideology | Nazism Antisemitism Anti-capitalism Anti-communism |
Political position | Far-right |
The ESPO (Greek: Εθνική Σοσιαλιστική Πατριωτική Οργάνωσις, lit. 'National Socialist Patriotic Organization') [1] also mentioned as Hellenic Socialist Patriotic Organisation [2] was a collaborationist, pro-Nazi organization created in the summer of 1941 in German-occupied Greece, under the leadership of Georgios Vlavianos and later Dr. Spyros Sterodimas.[3] Its leading members belonged to the middle bourgeoisie and the military ranks, while its ordinary members belonged to the working class and some to the underworld. [3]