Alcibiades Diamandi was an Aromanian political figure of Greece and Axis collaborator, active during the First and Second world wars in connection with the Italian occupation forces and Romania.
12 Facts About Alcibiades Diamandi
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Alcibiades Diamandi was born in 1894, in Samarina, into a wealthy Aromanian family.
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Alcibiades Diamandi studied at the Greek Gymnasium in Siatista, continuing his studies in Romania where he became involved in the Aromanian separatist movement.
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In 1927, Alcibiades Diamandi received a pardon from the Greek government.
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Alcibiades Diamandi rented a flat in the fashionable Kolonaki district, and frequented the bars and cafes of Piraeus, where he was involved in a brawl with a Greek navy captain.
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Alcibiades Diamandi frequently traveled to Rhodes, managing to attract the attention of the Greek Counter-intelligence Services.
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On 1 March 1942 Alcibiades Diamandi issued an ample Manifesto which was published in the local press and republished by Stavros Anthemides in 1997.
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Alcibiades Diamandi travelled to Bucharest shortly after he met Murnu, and together they attended a meeting with the then Leader of Romania Marshal Ion Antonescu, and the Foreign Minister Mihai Antonescu.
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One option favoured by Alcibiades Diamandi was to put the Principality under the sovereignty of the Romanian Crown.
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The chaos that ensued drove Alcibiades Diamandi to leave to Romania.
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Alcibiades Diamandi died in the Prefecture of Police in Bucharest some months later supposedly under torture by Soviet Agent Mihail Dulgheru.
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Alkiviadis Alcibiades Diamandi is given mention in 1995 by the British author Tim Salmon in his book about the Aromanians of Greece as follows:.