Beaten, raped and tortured in her politically repressive homeland, she knowingly used someone else's passport to escape to America, but was caught by immigration authorities upon her arrival.
The desperate woman committed a crime in order to escape her ordeal.
The scenery is magnificent and you can visit Mona Vrontisa, a small monastery in the hills above the town, which was the original home of the Damaskines icons now in Agaa Ekateranis in Iraklion.