Ali Demi

Ali Demi (18 January 1918 – 29 December 1943) was an Albanian hero of World War II and a communist,[1][2] born in Filiates, Greece. He was killed in battle fighting German forces in Vlora, Albania in 1943. [3]

Ali Demi
Demis photo after his arrest by Italian fascist authorities
Born(1918-01-18)18 January 1918
Filiates, Greece
Died19 December 1943(1943-12-19) (aged 25)
Vlorë, Albania
Buried
National Martyrs Cemetery
AllegianceLANÇ
Awards Hero of the People

Biography

He was born in Filiates, Greece. Later Ali Demi studied at the Lyceum, in Tirana, Albania and in 1939 was participate in antifascist demonstrations. He was also between the founders of the Communist party of Albania. He was sentenced to death from Italian forces but managed to escape and joined partisan forces. In 1943 he was killed in battle fighting German forces in Vlora, Albania.

Aftermath

In May 1944, the Greek People's Liberation Army formed and named a mixed unit of both Greeks and Cham Albanians in his honor, the IV "Ali Demi" battalion of 15th regiment.[4]

Ali Demi Street and Ali Demi (neighborhood) in Tirana, are named after him.

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References
  1. Balkan Newspaper Archived April 30, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  2. article of Tirana Observer newspaper
  3. A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History By Robert Elsie, pages 101-2.
  4. "...in May 1944 ”a mixed battalion of the Cham minority that was formed within ELAS-fighting units under the commando of the 15th regiment in the village of Kastanjë”, was called “Ali Demi” and comprised in the time of its formation 460 men..." Kretsi, Georgia: Verfolgung und Gedächtnis in Albanien: Eine Analyse postsozialistischer Erinnerungsstrategien, ISBN 3-447-05544-8
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