Lazaridis was also the General Secretary of the National Workers' Liberation Front (Εθνικό Εργατικό Απελευθερωτικό Μέτωπο, ΕΕΑΜ) which constituted the worker's section of National Liberation Front.
[2] In 1936, Ioannis Metaxas' 4th of August Regime outlawed the Greek Communist Party.
With the permission of Giannis Ioannides (2nd in KKE ranks), he falsely declared himself to be of Bulgarian ethnicity in order to be released and resume working for the Greek Communist Party.
[3] He was the secretary of the Workers Committee and also a high-ranked member of KKE.
[4] His wife was sentenced to death by Bulgarian occupation army for her activities.