Chobanov Sotir
Sotir was born in Lerin in 1912. As a youth he threw himself into the
battle for a crust and worked as a printer, steel worker etc. At the
age of 20 he was organized into OKNE and because of that he was monitored
by the officers and under-officers of the 28th infantry battalion, where
he served as a soldier in 1933. After his discharge from the army he
continued to work even more passionately for OKNE and the CPG. He worked
actively to spread the party line, and in his home he held illegal and
legal meetings.
During the time of the Nazi occupation, first of all, he worked illegally
in the town and then joined the ranks of ELAS.
In the years 1946-49 he serves in DAG. At the start he worked in publications
as a printer for the Headquarters of DAG, but even that work failed
to satisfy him. At his insistence he managed to join the groups of unattached
shooters where he served at the rank of lieutenant. He worked right
in the face of the enemy, entered Lerin, gathered witness statements
etc. In the battle of Lerin in February 1949 he was killed in his own
town. He died faithful to the ideals of the CPG.
From: For Sacred National Freedom: Portraits Of Fallen Freedom
Fighters
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