National Youth Organisation (Greece)
The National Youth Organisation (Greek: Εθνική Οργάνωσις Νεολαίας, Ethnikí Orgánosis Neoléas, EON) was a fascist youth organization in the Kingdom of Greece during the years of the Metaxas Regime (1936–1941). It was established some time in 1937 and was disbanded with the start of the German occupation of Greece. It differed from its Nazi and Fascist Italian counterparts in that it never managed to turn its members into blind followers of the regime.
The goal of the organization was: for the "productive spending of the free time of the youth, the promotion of physical and psychological wellbeing thereof, the cultivation of the national values and the faith, the creation of a cooperative and communal spirit...".
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