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Former anti-Nazi Greek resistance fighter and MEP Manolis Glezos dies aged 97

Former prime minister Alexis Tspiras said Glezos was a ‘symbol of a fighter’

In the pantheon of Greek politicians feted as much for fortitude as tenacity, few have stood out more than Manolis Glezos.

  • Helena Smith
  • The Guardian

Tributes poured in Monday as word spread that the indefatigable Greek leftist, who as teenager tore down the Nazi swastika flag from the Acropolis and more than seven…

“For all eternity he will remain the symbol of a fighter,” Alexis Tsipras, the party leader and former prime minister, said.

“The left, all of us today, feel like orphans but also so…

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