Konstantinos Koukidis

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Konstandinos Koukidis was the Greek Evzonas on flag guard duty on the 27th of April 1941 at the Athens Acropolis, at the beginning of the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II. The Nazi troops ordered him to surrender, deliver the Greek flag to them and raise the Nazi swastika flag. Koukidis instead stayed loyal to his duty by taking the flag down, wrapping himself in it and jumping from the Acropolis to his death. A commemorative plaque is placed on the Acropolis today, to remind people of his act of pride and sacrifice.

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