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In the hero Kiveli is owed the information that they had finished the
fuels of Rommel in the desert of Egypt and also his supply had
been delayed for a long .The information was developed suitably by
English Intelligent service , and this was one of the reasons that Germans
loose the battle in the desert of Egypt. This meant also the
end of expansive tendencies of Hitler.
Her
information effectively contributed on the movements of German general Karl Kreipe, so
that the plan of his kidnapping was successful.
She
was assigned by the English propaganda to propagate in the
German acquaintances the supposedly news, after the kidnapping of
Kreipe.According to her saying, he was an English agent that
defected and followed willingly the Greeks , something that
disorientated them. They didn’t go through in reprisal
immediately, so Heraklion and Crete was saved. The non-fulfilment
of reprisals was also the cause which gave the big later importance
of kidnapping of Kreipe .That is verified by an article of Sefton Delmer about Black propaganda against the Nazis
There is also a book from Stanley Moss and a video film about the Kidnapping of General Kreipe starring Cyril Cusack, David Oxley, Dirk Bogarde and Marius Goring. It was named Ill met by moonlight and you can order them now both book and DVD !The role of Kiveli in kidnapping of General Kreipe is also described here as the clever beautifull girl acting as secretary of Kreipe
She
accomodated the English major, Patrick Leigh Fermor in her fatherly
house in the Knossos, when he had entered in the city of Heraklion,
for the placement of mines in German boats which were located in the
harbour. Also, captain Rentel, person in charge of resistance of
prefecture Lasithi, where when he was located from the Germans she
led him from his den to the house of her aunt, where she was
hidden and
herself.
It
accomplished for some interval to inform the organization with
signals and countersignals of the Germans, stealing from a
non-commissioned officer of Navy.
She
gave the information on the course of the German navy from 27 boats
in the Liberian Sea that transported martial material and foods to
the Germans of Africa and they did not reach their destination,
because they were sunk by the English aviation.
She
found out on time that Germans as they were preparing their leave
from Crete, they had placed explosives at several points at the
port of Heraklion town in order to blow it up. Guided by the map that she
has intercepted from Germans ans she handed to the rebellionists, the fighters managed to put the bombs
out so that Heraklion port was not destroyed.
Kiveli
helped many Germans who wanted to defect and in co-operation with
the rebellionists she was transported to Africa from the south
coasts of Crete.
She
also managed to make the responsible of the electricity industry ,an
Italian bishop, to leave his job and to guide him ,with his
official car to the central of the military governor ,Andreas
Nathenas at the village Kanli Kastelli.
At
some time she was prisoned and agonized .Although she was beated
without mercy,she hung tough and didn’t
give away our soldier’s movements and positions.
When
it became known that Germans were looking fo her ,she turned to the
rebellious group of Vasilis Konios ,where she stayed until the
German’s retreat from Heraklion .
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