Kostas Georgakis, a Greek geology student who was attending university in Italy, set himself on fire in Genoa on September 19, 1970 as a protest against the Greek military dictatorship of the time. The 22-year-old’s last words were “Long live free Greece!” Georgakis, from Corfu, is the only known junta opponent to have committed suicide […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
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