Manolis Glezos

In memoriam

Manolis Glezos (Greek: Μανώλης Γλέζος) was a Greek left-wing politician and folk hero, best known for his participation in the World War II resistance. He died of heart failure in an Athens hospital. Manolis Glezos was laid to rest on 1st April 2020 in the First Cemetery of Athens in a grave donated by the Athens Municipality to honour the resistance hero. Due to the coronavirus lockdown restrictions, only his wife, the couple's two children, their wives, and the four grandchildren were allowed to accompany the great WWII resistance fighter to his final resting place. Archbishop of Athens Ieronymos performed the funeral service in the chapel of the Metropolis and referred to him as a "symbol of Resistance." To honour Manolis Glezos, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had ordered the Greek flag on the Acropolis to fly half-mast to show that the country was mourning for the man who took down the Nazi flag in 1941: On 30 May 1941 Glezos (and Apostolos Santas ) climbed on the Acropolis and tore down the swastika, which had been there since 27 April 1941, when the Nazi forces had entered Athens. [How and why the Nazis could have left their flag flying at night and unguarded has not been explained convincingly.]

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