DETH 30-3-2020

Manolis Glezos (Naxos Apeiranthos, September 9, 1922 - Athens, March 30, 2020) was a Greek politician of the Left, a hero of the National Resistance, a journalist and writer. Together with Lakis Santa he co-starred in one of the first resistance actions in occupied Greece and more generally in Axis-occupied Europe during World War II, when on the night of May 30 to May 31, 1941, the Nazi flag was lowered by the Nazi Germany of the Acropolis rock in Athens.
Glezos was arrested by the German occupation forces on 24 March 1942 and was subjected to imprisonment and torture. As a result of his treatment, he was affected by tuberculosis. He was arrested on 21 April 1943 by the Italian occupation forces and spent three months in jail.
in dictatorship he was tortured and banished for his political beliefs.
Until his death he fought for his ideas.

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