Greek Resistance fighter during the Axis occupation in WWII
The German War Flag being raised on the Acropolis of Athens, April 1941
Apostolos Santas (Greek: Απόστολος Σάντας; 22 February 1922 – 30 April 2011), commonly known as Lakis, was a Greek veteran of the Resistance against the Axis Occupation of Greece during World War II, most notable for his participation, along with Manolis Glezos, in the taking down of the German flag from the Acropolis on 30 May 1941.
ApostolosSantas (Greek: Απόστολος Σάντας; 22 February 1922 – 30 April 2011), commonly known as Lakis, was a Greek veteran of the Resistance against the...
1941, even before the end of the Battle of Crete. Two young students, ApostolosSantas, a law student, and Manolis Glezos, a student at the Athens University...
Acropolis' uppermost spot, two Athenian youngsters, Manolis Glezos and ApostolosSantas, climbed by night on the Acropolis and tore down the flag. The first...
Flag over the Acropolis. It would be taken down by Manolis Glezos and ApostolosSantas in one of the first acts of resistance. In 1944 Greek Prime Minister...
raising the German War Flag over the Acropolis of Athens. It was taken down in one of the first acts of resistance by ApostolosSantas and Manolis Glezos....
protected from alteration. Among the prisoners of Makronisos were ApostolosSantas, Nikos Koundouros, Mikis Theodorakis, Leonidas Kyrkos and Thanasis...
Politics Andreas Michalakopoulos, Prime Minister ApostolosSantas, Resistance member Athanasios Kanakaris Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos, MP of Patras Benizelos...
Christos Christou, International President of Médecins Sans Frontières ApostolosSantas, Greek veteran of the Resistance against the Axis Occupation of Greece...
kill ten labor demonstrators. 1941 – World War II: Manolis Glezos and ApostolosSantas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag. 1942 –...
holding it, rather than raise the Nazi flag. On 30 May 1941 Glezos and ApostolosSantas climbed on the Acropolis and tore down the swastika, which had been...
inequities of pay and privileges. May 30 – WWII: Manolis Glezos and ApostolosSantas tear down the Nazi swastika on the Acropolis in Athens and replace...
Apostolos N. Athanassakis (Greek: Αποστολος Αθανασάκης) is a classical scholar, and the former Argyropoulos Chair in Hellenic Studies at the University...
state that his actual name was Apostolos Valerianos (Ἀπόστολος Βαλεριάνος). It is possible that he was baptized as Apostolos and later adopted the name Ioannis...
Professor Apostolos Gerasoulis and his colleagues at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Professor Tao Yang from the University of California, Santa Barbara...
6–0, 6–2 Victory 4 III Doubles (with Tomeu Salvà) Ioannis Kakkalos / Apostolos Triantis 6–2, 6–3 3–0; 9–14 September 2002; Tennis Country Club La Baule...
particularly of Lefkada. Among these were captains Anastasios Tselios and Apostolos Levendakis, the latter of whom in 1802 offered to raise a company of 60...
the Greek Orthodox in Cyprus after St. Barnabas tomb at Famagusta and Apostolos Andreas Monastery at Karpasia. There are numerous churches dedicated to...
Maurus (c. 780 – 784 February 856) is headed: Ubi Magdalenam Christus ad apostolos mittit apostolam (Wherein Christ sends Magdalene as an apostle to the...
Day of Galicia of which James is its patron saint (Galician: Festas do Apóstolo). According to the legends surrounding his life, it is said that James...
place of event, competition phase, and the court surface. Career coaches: Apostolos Tsitsipas (2004–present) Giorgos Spiliopoulos (2004–2006) Giorgos Fountoukos...
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