Këmisha e zezë

Këmisha e zezë ('Blackshirts') was a weekly Albanian-Italian bilingual newspaper published from Vlorë during the Italian occupation of Albania.[1] The newspaper was founded on August 12, 1939.[2] It was the organ of the Vlorë provincial federation of the Albanian Fascist Party.[1][3] Jup Kazazi served as its managing director and Sezai Kemal was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper.[1]

Këmisha e zezë

Publisher	Albanian Fascist Party
Editor-in-chief	Sezai Kemal
General manager	Jup Kazazi
Founded	12 August 1939 (1939-08-12)
Political alignment	Fascism
Language	Albanian language, Italian language
Headquarters	Vlorë
Country	Albanian Kingdom

Its issues contained two or four pages, 42x58 centimetres.[1] Këmisha e zezë used Tosk orthography.[1] One page was printed in Italian.[4]

It was one of five newspapers published in Albania at the time (all bilingual fascist organs).[3][5]

References

1. Christine Körner (1982). Entwicklung und Konzeption der Presse in Albanien und der albanischen Exilpresse. R. Trofenik. p. 446. ISBN 978-3-87828-150-4.
2. Hamit Boriçi (1997). --Një shekull e gjysmë publicistikë shqiptare (1848-1997). Enti Botues Poligrafik "Gjergj Fishta". p. 131.
3. Les Balkans. 10-11. 1938. p. 301.
4. Vittorio Briani (1977). La stampa italiana all'estero dalle origini ai nostri giorni. Istituto poligrafico dello Stato. p. 59.
5. Owen Pearson (2004). Albania in the Twentieth Century, A History: Volume I: Albania and King Zog, 1908-39. I.B.Tauris. p. 482. ISBN 978-1-84511-013-0.