National Youth Organisation (Greece)

National Youth Organization
National Youth Organization
Founded	August 1936
Dissolved	April 1941
Ideology	Metaxism

The National Youth Organisation (Greek: Εθνική Οργάνωσις Νεολαίας, Ethnikí Orgánosis Neoléas, EON) was a youth organization in Greece during the years of the Metaxas Regime (1936–1941), established by the regime with the stated goals of helping the youth in the productive spending of their free time and cultivating their national values and cooperative spirit.

Membership was not mandatory, and—unlike most contemporary political youth organizations in Europe—EON was not affiliated with a political party, but there was widespread successful campaigning by the regime to include the largest part of the youth to EON, and later took over the scouts and other such organizations, although typically membership still remained strictly voluntary.^[1] However, only Christians could enroll and Muslims and Jews could not become EON members.^[2]

Some of the activities that EON members were involved in included athletics events, parades and marches, military training, reforestations, recycling.^[3] The official -monthly- magazine of EON was The Youth (Greek: Η Νεολαία).^[4] The emblem of EON was a labrys surrounded by laurel wreaths and topped with a royal crown, while the flag of EON was similar to the flag of Greece—featuring a white cross on a blue fiend—with the emblem of EON charged in the center in gold and the royal crown moved to the upper hoist side quadrant. The motto of EON was "One Nation, One King, One Leader, One Youth".^[5]

The EON disbanded in late April 1941 with the start of the German occupation of Greece when some of its former members created the secret occupation resistance/liberation organizations "National Youth Commity" and—the strictly female—"SPITHA" under the leadership of Metaxas' daughter Loukia Metaxa.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

References

^ EON (in Greek)
^ Propaganda and ideology of the 4th of August regime in the context of Hitler’s ‘New European Order’
^ EON (in Greek)
^ "The Youth" EON magazine (in Greek)
^ Photograph of EON emblem and motto
^ EON (in Greek)
^ National Youth Commity (in Greek)
^ SPITHA (in Greek)
^ Lucia Metaxa (in Greek)

[1] EON (in Greek)

[2] Propaganda and ideology of the 4th of August regime in the context of Hitler’s ‘New European Order’

[3] EON (in Greek)

[4] "The Youth" EON magazine (in Greek)

[5] Photograph of EON emblem and motto

[6] EON (in Greek)

[7] National Youth Commity (in Greek)

[8] SPITHA (in Greek)

[9] Lucia Metaxa (in Greek)

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v t e 4th of August Regime
Ideas	Ethnic nationalism Anticommunism Monarchism Totalitarianism Corporatism Protectionism National populism Metaxism Greek Orthodox Christianity Third Hellenic Civilization
People	Ioannis Metaxas George II of Greece Alexandros Papagos Konstantinos Maniadakis Konstantinos Kotzias Kostis Bastias
Events	Metaxas Line construction 1938 Greek coup d'état attempt Elli sinking Greco-Italian War
Symbols	Double axe Roman salute Hymn of the 4th of August
Policies	Censorship National Youth Organisation Demotic Greek Demotic music Greek–Turkish alliance
Establishments	Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation IKA National parks of Greece

v t e Greek nationalism
Ideology	Modern Greek Enlightenment Megali Idea Hellenization Grecoman Venizelism Metaxism Enosis Greek Cypriot nationalism
Organizations	Filiki Eteria Ethniki Etaireia Macedonian Committee Military League National Youth Organisation EDES Northern Epirus Liberation Front EOKA EOKA B
Political parties	Napist Party New Party (1873) National Party Liberal Party Freethinkers' Party National Party of Greece New Party (1947) Politically Independent Alignment Greek Rally Progressive Party 4th of August Party National Democratic Union National Alignment United Nationalist Movement Party of Hellenism National Political Union Greek Unity Political Spring Golden Dawn Hellenic Front Front Line Popular Orthodox Rally Democratic Revival Patriotic Alliance ELAM (Cyprus) Panhellenic Macedonian Front National Hope United Popular Front National Unity Association Creation Independent Greeks National Front Union for the Homeland and the People Assembly of Greeks LEPEN National Unity New Right Greek Solution Spartans Victory National Popular Consciousness National Party – Greeks Free People Patriots National Accord National Creation Patriotic Force for Change Voice of Reason
People	Adamantios Korais Rigas Feraios Alexander Ypsilantis Ioannis Kapodistrias Athanasios Diakos Theodoros Kolokotronis Dionysios Solomos Constantine Paparrigopoulos Aristotelis Valaoritis Alexandros Koumoundouros Theodoros Diligiannis Kostis Palamas Pavlos Melas Ion Dragoumis Eleftherios Venizelos Nikolaos Plastiras Ioannis Metaxas Angelos Sikelianos Alexandros Papagos Napoleon Zervas Georgios Grivas Georgios Papadopoulos Dimitrios Ioannidis Antonis Samaras
Historical events	Greco-Persian Wars Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty Greek War of Independence Epirus Revolt of 1854 1854 Macedonian rebellion 1867 Macedonian rebellion Cretan revolt (1866–1869) Cretan revolt (1878) Epirus Revolt of 1878 1878 Macedonian rebellion 1896–1897 Macedonian rebellion Greco-Turkish War (1897) Macedonian Struggle Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacre Theriso revolt Greece in the Balkan Wars Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus Greece during World War I Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) 1931 Cyprus revolt 4th of August Regime Greek resistance Cyprus Emergency (1955–59) Cyprus crisis of 1963–64 Bloody Christmas (1963) Greek junta (1967–74) 1974 Cypriot coup d'état 1990 Komotini events
Policies	Aromanian question Geographical name changes Greek language question

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