Mordechai or Mordechaios Frizis (January 1, 1893 - December 5, 1940) was a Greek Romaniote Jew, the first senior Greek officer who was killed fighting heroically in the Greco-Italian War. Mordechaios Frizis was born in 1893 in Chalkida to a large family. His dream was to become an officer. He took exams at the Evelpidon School but dropped out. There are two versions of this, a) that he considered it derogatory that he did not come first and b) that because of his Jewish religion he was not accepted [3]. He took exams at the University and succeeded in Law. During that period he was associated with Kondylis, to whom he expressed his desire "to become a soldier". He entered the Reserve Officers' School, from which he graduated in 1916. He took part in World War I, in the campaign in Ukraine, and in the Asia Minor campaign, where, during the retreat, he was taken prisoner in Smyrna. Other Jews learned of the event and raised money to...