Death in absentia

Resistance hero Manolis Glezos dies aged 97

Published by Kathimerini on Mon, 03/30/2020 - 21:43

Veteran leftist and World War II resistance fighter Manolis Glezos died Monday at the age of 97. He died of heart failure at a central Athens hospital after being admitted on March 18. Respected across the Greek political spectrum, he was most famous for climbing the walls of the Acropolis in 1941 to take down the Nazi flag. He was sentenced to death in absentia.