Manolis Glezos

thumb|Manolis Glezos in 2015 Manolis Glezos (Μανώλης Γλέζος; 9 September 1922 – 30 March 2020) was a Greek left-wing politician and guerrilla fighter, best known for his participation in the World War II resistance. Quotes "We had absolute consciousness that it was a historic moment... No struggle for what you believe in is ever futile." Alderman Liz Since Nazi Occupation, a Fist Raised in Resistance https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/06/world/europe/since-nazi-occupation-a-fist-raised-in-resistance.html 2 April 2020 The New York Times 5 September 2014 Why do I go on? Why I am doing this when I am 92 years and two months old? I could, after all, be sitting on a sofa in slippers with my feet up. So why do I do this? You think the man sitting opposite you is Manolis but you are wrong. I am not him. And I am not him because I have not forgotten that every time someone was about to be executed [during WWII], they said: 'Don't forget me. When you say good morning, think of me. When you raise a glass, say my name.' And that is what I am doing talking to you, or doing any of this. The man you see before you is all those people. And all this is about not forgetting them. Vulliamy Ed Smith Helena 30 November 2014 Athens 1944: Britain’s dirty secret https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/30/athens-1944-britains-dirty-secret theguardian.com 9 December 2017 External links Category:Authors from Greece Category:Politicians from Greece Category:Journalists Category:Communists Category:Anti-fascists Category:Prisoners Category:1922 births Category:2020 deaths Category:Lenin Peace Prize recipients