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Marie Tuçi, c. 1945.

Marie Tuçi (Ndërfushaz, March 12, 1928 - Shkodra Hospital, September 20, 1950) was an opponent of the communist regime in defense of freedom of religion, which was the cause of her arrest, torture and death.

Biography

She was born on March 12, 1928 in the village of Ndërfushaz, the daughter of Nikolle Mark Tuçi and Dilë Fushë. She was a student at the Stigmatine Sisters High School in Shkodra and later became a teacher at the Orosh school.

She opposed the communist regime by defending her right of the freedom of religion. Marie Tuçi was arrested after the reprisals made in Mirdita by the communist government, after the assassination of the secretary of the Communist Party in Mirdita, Bardhok Biba. She was tortured by being trapped in a sack, naked, along with a feral cat and being beaten repeatedly. She died in the hospital of Shkodra on September 20, 1950. She is the only woman listed among the first 40 martyrs of the Albanian Catholic Church.

She became famous through the poetry of Meti Fidani I am dying mother, today I am dying. [[Category:1950 deaths]] [[Category:1928 births]]