birth_date: 1920-11-03 00:00:00
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name: George Psychoundakis
about: 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.
death_date: 2006-01-29 00:00:00