“Golden Daybreak” Trial – G. Lagos: “I am a Nazi, will you attempt me for that?” – 2024-05-29 14:04:45

“I am a Nazi! Are you going to guage me for this?’ Ioannis Lagos, convicted for the “Golden Daybreak” prison group, said to the 5-member Court docket of Prison Appeals when he was irritated by the questions requested by the Workplace to a witness from Ioannina about incidents of vandalism with Nazi symbols within the previous synagogue and town’s Jewish cemetery.

The irritation of Yannis Lagos was evident when the witness Alexandros Raptis, a historic researcher who works with an area newspaper, started to record numerous incidents of violence with assault battalions of the “Golden Daybreak”, which as soon as held occasions for “the autonomy of Northern Epirus”, as soon as for the “finish of the civil conflict”, it created critical issues within the metropolis of Ioannina. “The area people didn’t need this occasion to happen as a result of there are interstate relations and agreements. There was plenty of stress. This notorious battalion got here from Athens, 300-400 individuals, brought on incidents within the central sq., they beat college students and residents, who didn’t need this occasion to happen. They operated just like the assault battalions of 1933,” stated the witness referring to an incident in 2009 for the “autonomy of Northern Epirus”.

All through the witness’s descriptions, Giannis Lagos appeared irritated and at one level threw his playing cards, whispering one thing to the witness. Nevertheless, the condemned man’s outburst got here when the witness was known as to account for the vandalism of holy locations within the space’s Jewish neighborhood.

Prosecutor: You additionally stated concerning the emblem of Thuli that it was written on the partitions and doorways. Did Thuli have something to do with the Nazi regime?

Witness: This emblem was used to attach with the metaphysical. After the rise of Hitler this badge is utilized by Nazi navy items. With the rise of Hitler, the elite, specifically the SS, integrated this emblem. In the course of the Second World Battle the insignia was carried by the SS males and officers who had been European volunteers. So, this emblem, the inverted swastika, was depicted and extensively used within the first magazines in Golden Daybreak. The logo we additionally encountered within the vandalism of the Jewish cemetery of Ioannina.

Prosecutor: Is the Thule swastika completely different from the Nazi swastika?

This was the second when for Yannis Lagos the fad was now evident. The defendant began shouting: “This trial will not be political in any manner! I declare a Nazi! Are you going to guage me for this? Let’s go someday! I’ve by no means stated it, I am going to say it now, you are pushing me to my limits with the questions! I am a Nationwide Socialist! Do not make a idiot of your self anymore, condemn me to complete. You have got right here the graphic witness and you aren’t ashamed, you rascals!’

The aspect supporting the cost requested the court docket to examine that the assertion of the enraged Lagos, who had in the meantime left the room, had been recorded within the minutes.

As an advocate for the victims stated, “it is vitally necessary that that is the primary time that one thing like this has been overtly admitted.”