Alekos Vidras ( Greek Αλέκος Βίδρας 1919 - July 26, 1947 )) is a Greek communist. The commander of the units of the People's Liberation Army of Greece (ELAS) and the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE). Thanks to the photo of S. Meledzis , the “photographer of the Greek Resistance ” [1] , the figure of Alekos Vidras became a symbol of the Resistance and is depicted on hundreds of memorial plates, in publications and on banners of organizations of resistance veterans.
| Alekos Vidras | |
|---|---|
| Αλέκος Βίδρας | |
| Nickname | Clerk |
| Date of Birth | 1919 |
| Place of Birth | Polineri, Grevena , Greece |
| Date of death | July 26, 1947 |
| Place of death | Grevena |
| Affiliation |  Greece |
| Type of army | guerrilla army |
| Rank | major |
| Commanded | units of the People's Liberation Army of Greece and the Democratic Army of Greece |
| Battles / wars | Greek-Italian War , Greek Resistance , Civil War in Greece |
Biography
Alekos (Alexis, less often and mistakenly referred to as Alexandros [2] ) Vidras was born in 1919 in the village of Polineri of the West Macedonian nome Grevena . Parents, Yannis and Yannula, were pastoralists. Alekos Vidras himself preferred the profession of builder. In the Greco-Italian War (1940-1941) he fought in Epirus and Albania. With the beginning of the triple, German-Italian-Bulgarian occupation of Greece, he joined the resistance organizations, was arrested and imprisoned in Larisa . When transporting from Larisa to the western Macedonian city of Kozani , where his case was to be heard in court, he fled by jumping out of a truck. He joined the first partisan detachment of southern Olympus [3] , which initially included mainly residents of the town of Tsaritsani [4] . He distinguished himself in battles, stood out among the partisans in that at first he wore Greek fustanella , as did the heroes of the Liberation War (1821-1829). After the liberation of the country, during the period of so-called. “White Terror” (1945-1946), like thousands of other former resistance fighters, was forced to again go into the mountains. In the rank of major, he led the battalion of 217 brigades of the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE) [5] . He died in the battle for the city of Greven on July 26, 1947 [6] [3] . His nephew, also Alekos Vidras , became a mathematician, taught at many universities in the world and today is a professor at the University of Cyprus [7] [8] .
Links
- ↑ 28-Σεπ-2008: Άρθρο στην εφημερίδα Ριζοσπάσης “Η Ελλάδα της ΕΑΜικής Αντίστασης με το φακό του Μελετζή”. (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Στη Μνημη Αγωνιστων | Μνημεσ Αγωνιστων | Ριζοσπαστησ
- ↑ 1 2 Μορφωτικός Σύλλογος Τσαριτσάνης: Η ΠΡΩΤΗ ΑΝΤΑΡΤΙΚΗ ΟΜΑΔΑ ΤΟΥ ΟΛΥΜΠΟΥ
- ↑ Ριζοσπαστησ
- ↑ ΑΦΙΕΡΩΜΑ ΣΤΟΝ ΣΥΜΜΟΡΙΑΚΟ ΣΤΡΑΤΟ (βοηθωντας τον Ριζοσπαστη) - Προβολή θέματος • Phorum.gr
- ↑ ΔΣΕ -Οι πρώτοι αντάρτες στον Ολυμπο- Μπαρμπαχρήστος - Χρυσοθηρες
- ↑ University Of Cyprus / Department Of Mathematics And Statistics
- ↑ Αλεκοσ Βιδρασ