Former athlete assassinated by right wing extremists | ASSASSINS

The Greek Olympic long jumper Grigoris Lambrakis was assassinated by right wing extremists in front of police and a crowd of witnesses.

Just one month earlier he had walked the full Marathon route in Greece to protest war and military power.

His killing shook the nation and foreshadowed the rise of the military dictatorship he had long feared was coming.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 The Nazi Olympics of 1936
02:24 Hello my friend
04:14 World War II & civil unrest
05:30 The Nazi withdrawal
06:15 Greece goes right
07:21 The Marathon peace march
09:32 Assassination
11:07 Aftermath
12:50 ‘Z lives!’
13:56 The Athens marathon

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