Mordehai Frizis

Mordehai Frizis as a Captain

Colonel Mordehai Frizis (Greek: Μαρδοχαίος Φριζής; Chalcis 1893 - 1940) was a Romaniote Jew, officer of the Greek Army who reached the rank of Colonel and was killed during the Greco-Italian War on 5 December 1940, fighting against the Julia Division. He was one of the first senior officers of the Hellenic Army to be killed in action during the war. The Greek state has honoured his memory by erecting busts of his at the War Museums of Kalpaki and Athens, in his birthtown of Chalcis, and by giving his name to an Athens street.

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Name	Frizis, Mordehai
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Short description	Greek military officer in the Greco-Italian War
Date of birth	1893
Place of birth	Chalcis, Greece
Date of death	1940
Place of death