{"id":77148,"date":"2020-04-07T17:00:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=77148"},"modified":"2020-04-06T07:48:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T05:48:05","slug":"06-00-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=77148","title":{"rendered":"Greek activist who tore swastika off the Acropolis in WW2 dies aged 97"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Greek activist who tore swastika off the Acropolis in WW2 dies aged 97<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis led tributes to Manolis Glezos, calling him a “lionheart” and “the sweetest man.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Famous composer Mikis Theodorakis (R) and veteran leftist politician Manolis Glezos watch a parliament session prior to a vote for a new austerity deal in Athens February 12, 2012. \/  (photo credit: JOHN KOLESIDIS\/REUTERS)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Manolis Glezos, a prominent Greek whose act of defiance against Nazi occupation during World War Two was a rallying cry for the country’s resistance movement, died on Monday, authorities said. He was 97.<\/span><\/p>\n

Revered across Greece’s political spectrum, Glezos was most famous for scaling the steep walls of the Acropolis with a friend in 1941 to take down the swastika and replace it with the Greek flag.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was the first visible act of resistance against the Nazis, who occupied Greece between 1941 and 1944. He was sentenced to death in absentia.<\/span>
\nGlezos died of heart failure at a central Athens hospital, where he was admitted on March 18.<\/span><\/p>\n

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis led tributes to Glezos, calling him a “lionheart” and “the sweetest man.”<\/span>
\n“The death of Manolis Glezos leaves Greeks poorer, but the legacy of his life leaves Greece richer,” he said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

“His example, that of a true patriot and fighter, is a guiding light for us all. And it gives us the strength to unite to overcome difficulties, like those we are experiencing today,” Mitsotakis said, referring to the coronavirus crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Former left-wing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said: “He will live on through eternity as the symbol of a fighter who knew how to sacrifice himself for his fellow man.”<\/span><\/p>\n

With his white mane of hair and thick moustache, Glezos was a recognizable fixture in leftist politics.<\/span><\/p>\n

In his late eighties, he braved police teargas at protest rallies against tough cuts imposed in exchange for international bailouts that kept the Greek economy afloat between 2010 and 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

A member of the Socialist PASOK Party which he represented in the European Parliament, Glezos gradually migrated further to the political left.<\/span>
\nAt the age of 91, in 2014, he became a member of the European Parliament representing Syriza, the left-wing party which came to power in 2015. He resigned a year later.<\/span><\/p>\n

Asked what had kept him at the forefront of politics for so long, Glezos told Reuters in 2012 that it was the memories of dead comrades.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Before every battle, every protest, we told each other: ‘If you live, don’t forget me’. I am paying a debt to those I lost during those difficult years. My only regret is that I haven\u2019t done more.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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