Athens, Greece. 1st Apr., 2020. Casket bearers, wearing black protective masks and gloves, hold the coffin of Greek Worl War II resistance hero and politician Manolis Glezos, during his funeral attended only by family members, as a precaution against the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Athens, Greece. Manolis Glezos on 30 May 1941 in the age of 18 climbed with Apostolos Santas on the Acropolis and tored down the swastika flag, three days after the Nazi forces occupied Athens and became a symbol of the Greek and International Anti-Nazi Resistance. The Greek left politician, who face
Athens, Greece. 1st Apr., 2020. Casket bearers, wearing black protective masks and gloves, hold the coffin of Greek Worl War II resistance hero and politician Manolis Glezos, during his funeral attended only by family members, as a precaution against the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Athens, Greece. Manolis Glezos on 30 May 1941 in the age of 18 climbed with Apostolos Santas on the Acropolis and tored down the swastika flag, three days after the Nazi forces occupied Athens and became a symbol of the Greek and International Anti-Nazi Resistance. The Greek left politician, who faced several death sentences, was elected as a member of the European Parliament in the age of 92, with the party of SYRIZA. Glezos died of heart failure at the age of 98.©Elias Verdi/Alamy Live News
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