Ali Demi
Ali Demi (1918 - 1943) was an Albanian hero of World War II,[1][2] born in Filiates, Greece in 1918, and died in battle fighting German forces in Vlora, Albania in 1943.
Biography
Ali Demi studied at the Lyceum, in Tirana, Albania.[3] 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.[4]
Ali Demi Street and Ali Demi (neighborhood) in Tirana, are named after him.
References
- ^ Balkan Newspaper Archived April 30, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ article of Tirana Observer newspaper
- ^ Q. Stafa High School website. "Historiku".
- ^ "...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..." Kresti, Georgia: Verfolgung und Gedächtnis in Albanien: Eine Analyse postsozialistischer Erinnerungsstrategien, ISBN 3-447-05544-8
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