"Costas Sophocleous"

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Kostas Sophocleus was a Greek fighter from Cyprus.

He was born in Konia in 1925, in the family of the village's commune, Sophocles Michael-Chindi. He was the grandson of the first communer and founder of the school of Konion, Michael Voskou.

He attended first grade in Paphos, but did not graduate. Very early, around 16, he became a member of the Communist party, developing rich action across Paphos. In 1943 he joined the Cypriot regiment of the English army and left to fight German-Italian fascism.

He took part in several battles in Italy, including in the Battle of Prizigela, Faenza and Ballonia. Immediately after the release, he went to Paris and stayed at a hotel in Plas de la Concord, granted to the liberating soldiers. For his action in war and bravery he was later decorated.

From Paris he boarded a train, aiming to cross Europe to Greece, where civil war raged. But arriving after many adventures in Hungary, he was informed that the Civil War was over. He stayed in Hungary and studied History of philosophy at Leninized University, working simultaneously in the trade union sector, where he became known for his famous letters to the leadership of the ruling party, describing workers' problems.

In 1955 he was given the opportunity to return to Cyprus. At the port he was investigated by the English police and on site burned his books and degree. Since then he has been under surveillance by both the English and the Cypriot far right. By 1974 he had a police record of both his political action and his personal life.

From the early days of his return, he was reunited with the Communist party and took over a provincial secretary, simultaneously beginning his action against the English. In 1957 he was arrested during the transportation of notices, which he wrote by drawing copies of in the polygraph he was hiding at home. He was imprisoned on charges of incitement to revolt against colonialism. After his imprisonment in Paphos detention camps, where he was brutally tortured, because he did not want to betray his comrades, he was transferred to Nicosia.

Waiting for his trial, the polygraph hid from his fiancée, Angela, in an old dried waterhole, where they threw garbage and dead bodies. Later, to be acquitted and released, for his life was in danger, Angela posted the polygraph and printed notices thrown into central parts of the city. So with the help of his companion he was released and continued his patriotic action.

With the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus, he became one of the main executives of AKEL and struggled to become from a party of a few people to a party of thousands. Despite its strong attachment to the left ideals and its very important action for the