Beata Kitsikis

Beata Kitsikis
Μπεάτα Κιτσίκη
in 1940
Born
Merope Petychakis

July 14, 1907
Died7 February 1986
NationalityGreek
Other namesBeata Petychakis-Kitsikis
Known forGreek communist
SpouseNicolas Kitsikis
Children

Beata Kitsikis (Greek: Μπεάτα Κιτσίκη; July 14, 1907, Heraklion, Cretan State – February 7, 1986, Athens), was a Greek feminist and a Communist fighter in the Greek Civil War at the end of the Second World War. She was born Merope Petychakis (Greek: Μερόπη Πετυχάκη). Her husband was Nicolas Kitsikis and her son was Dimitri Kitsikis. She also had two daughters, both University professors, Beata Maria Kitsikis Panagopoulos, an American citizen, and Elsa Schmid-Kitsikis, a Swiss citizen.