Xenophon Giosmas
Greek journalist, politician and soldier
About Xenophon Giosmas
Lived 1906 – 1975 (aged 68–69). Xenophon Giosmas was a Greek journalist, politician and military personnel.
Xenophon Giosmas (Kırkağaç 1906 - January 14, 1975) was a Greek war criminal and Nazi collaborator.
During the Nazi Occupation of Greece between 1941 and 1944, he was the leader of a collaborationist paramilitary force in Pieria and later Thessaloniki. He was sentenced to death in 1945, but in 1952 he was released from prison.
In 1963 he was involved in the assassination of left-wing Member of Parliament Gregoris Lambrakis and was jailed by order of Examining magistrate Christos Sartzetakis, who later became President of Greece.
He died in 1975.
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Who was Xenophon Giosmas?
Greek journalist, politician and soldier
When was Xenophon Giosmas born?
Xenophon Giosmas was born in 1906.
When did Xenophon Giosmas die?
Xenophon Giosmas died on 14 January 1975.
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Xenophon Giosmas was a journalist, politician and military personnel.
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Xenophon Giosmas was Greek.
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