Moisis Michail Bourlas
Moisis Michail Bourlas (
Biography
He was born Moisis Bourlas on May 9, 1918 in
After finishing high school, he became an apprentice turner (
In the summer of 1945, after the
Bourlas continued to work as a turner until 1982, when he became a pensioner and started his efforts to return to Greece. He established in the city of
During the last years of his life, Moisis Michail Bourlas lived in the Saoul Modiano Home for the Elderly in Thessaloniki. He continued to be actively involved in the Greek left and the city's affairs. In 2002 and again in 2006, he ran as a candidate for the city council of Thessaloniki, in the ticket of "Thessaloniki for Citizens and Ecology" led by Tasos Kourakis. He died on March 17, 2011. His remains are buried in the Jewish cemetery of Stavroupoli, Thessaloniki.
See also
- History of Modern Greece
References
- Bourlas, Moisis Michail (autobiography). Έλληνας, Εβραίος και Αριστερός (Greek, Jewish and Left). Nisides. ISBN 960-8480-74-4