Andon Kalchev

Andon Kalchev
Andon Kalchev in Aegean Macedonia, 1941
Native name
Андон Калчев
Born1910 (1910)
Zhuzheltsi, Kastoria, Ottoman Empire
Died27 August 1948(1948-08-27) (aged 37–38)
Thessaloniki, Greece
Allegiance Kingdom of Bulgaria
Alma materLeipzig University

Andon Kalchev (Bulgarian: Андон Калчев) (1910 – 27 August 1948) was a Bulgarian army officer, one of the leaders of the Bulgarian-backed Ohrana, a paramilitary formation of Bulgarians in Greek Macedonia during World War II Axis occupation. He was active outside the Bulgarian occupied area of Macedonia, under the tolerance of the Italian and German authorities which used him in their fights with rival Greek EAM-ELAS and Yugoslav Communist resistance groups. Because of his collaborationist activity, he was sentenced to death by Greek military tribunal, and was executed by firing squad on 27 August 1948.