Pappas Post — Crete suffered immensely at the hands of Nazi Germany during World War II and doesn’t forget the past too easily. In the September 20th Greek national elections, the historic town of Anogeia— burned to the ground by the Nazi Germans during the Second World War and twenty-five other villages throughout Crete didn’t give a single vote to the Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party.
Golden Dawn scored its lowest voter totals in Crete, than anywhere else in Greece. On islands like Kos, besieged by the refugee crisis, the anti-immigrant nationalist party saw huge increases in new voters.
The town of Anogeia had 1604 people casting votes, which were split between the two leading parties of Syriza and New Democracy, as well as a dozen smaller parties— without a single vote for Golden Dawn.
Two dozen more entire villages on the island gave Golden Dawn zero votes. The names of the villages (in Greek) are below:
Heraklion
Kalami Viannou
Kamari
Kamatioti
Politheas
Peri Phestos
Aitania
Chania
Macheroi
Melidoni
Sembrona
Skalotis Sfakion
Rethymnon
Drimiskos
Agios Vasilios
Agios Ioannis
Lambioton
Meronas
Agios Mamas
Kalandare
Axoulivada
Erfoi
Anogia
Lasithi
Louma
Gdohia
Kato Metohi
Marmaketo
Lastro
Rousses
