Kofou, had been organized in the Resistance in Edessa during the German occupation, until his arrest and imprisonment in 1943 in a notorious prison camp in Thessaloniki. As a result, the family moved to the mother’s (Anna Avaropoulou Kofou) native town, Thessaloniki.
Kofou, who had been involved with the Resistance in Edessa during World War II, was detained and imprisoned in 1943 in a notorious facility in Thessaloniki. This led his family to move to Thessaloniki, where Anna Avaropoulou Kofou was from.