In the pantheon of Greek politicians feted as much for fortitude as tenacity, few have stood out more than Manolis Glezos. “For all eternity he will remain the symbol of a fighter,” Alexis Tsipras, the party leader and former prime minister, said. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Manolis Glezos (left) spent time in prison during the Nazi occupation during the Second World War and during the Greek military dictatorship. Photograph: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/APNikos Dendias, foreign minister in Greece’s current centre-right government, hailed Glezos “as a major figure of the national resistance against Nazi occupation. At the height of the debt-stricken country’s economic crisis, when Athens was often pitted against Berlin, Glezos again emerged as a symbol of resistance.

Source: The Guardian March 30, 2020 16:50 UTC