Qemal Stafa

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Qemal Stafa
Hero of the People
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Qemal Stafa (20 March 1920 – 5 May 1942) was a founding member of the

Albanian Communist Party
, and the leader of its youth section.

Biography

Stafa was born in Elbasan in 1920, into a Gheg Albanian family[1] originating from the Zabzun village, which was part of the Dibra Region at the time. His father Hasan was in the military, and moved in 1923 to Shkodër as Director of the Recruiting Office for the Prefecture of Shkodër.[2] Qemal Stafa studied in

Branko Kadia, Zef Mala, Emin Duraku and the young Stafa who was arrested on 24 January. He was sentenced to three years due to his age,[5] while he accepted all accusations.[6][7] With the turmoils of the Italian invasion of Albania of 7 April 1939, he was released from jail.[8] Stafa spent some time in Florence as a law student, on a scholarship from the Albanian government.[9]

Stafa was one of the founding members of the Albanian Communist Party in Tirana on 8 November 1941. He was killed in a house on the outskirts of

occupied Albania. The 5 May, the anniversary of his death, was chosen after the end of the war as the Martyrs' Day of Albania to commemorate all those who gave their lives for Albania's liberation.[citation needed
]

Many streets, squares and schools in different cities bear his name as well as a military base, Albania's former national stadium and the Main Stand in the current national stadium, Arena Kombëtare. Although he was glorified in the People's Socialist Republic of Albania, his fiancée and his siblings' families were imprisoned and persecuted by the same administration, a fact not known by most Albanians.[10]

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-88033-168-5
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  2. Tirana Observer
    , 19 tetor, 2012.
  3. ^ Kaloçi D., Unë, korrieri i Qemal Stafës, dëshmoj vrasjen e tij nga Enveri : [Intervistë e Beqir Ramazan Xhepa], Gazeta shqiptare. - Nr. 2426, 9 mars, 2003, f. 12 - 13.
  4. ^ Q. Stafa High School website. "Historiku". Archived from the original on 12 January 2014.
  5. Shqip
    . - Nr. 120, 5 maj, 2007, f. 18 - 19
  6. ^ Fierza Gj, Zef Mala, mes lavdisë dhe persekutimit, Tirana Observer, 16 prill, 2015.
  7. ISBN 978-1-78076-431-3
  8. ^ Polovina Y., Pushtimi, Komunizmi e çeli derën më 7 prill të 1939, Shqiptarja.com, 7 prill, 2013.
  9. ^ Jorgaqi, Nasho (1973). Qemal Stafa: Sa vie, sa lutte [Qemal Stafa: His Life and Struggle] (in French) (1st ed.). Tirana, Albania: Naim Frashëri. pp. 194–195.
  10. ^ Kostaq Xoxa (23 September 2014). "Të paktën 15 komunistë fajësonin Enverin për vrasjen e Qemalit" [At least 15 communists accused Enver Hoxha for the death of Qemal]. Gazeta 55. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
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