Ali Demi
Ali Demi is a Hero of Albania of World War II,[1][2] born in Filiates, Greece in 1918, and died during a battle with German forces in Vlora, Albania in 1943.
In his honour the Greek People's Liberation Army formed and named a mixed unit of both Greeks and Cham Albanians in May 1944, the IV "Ali Demi" battalion.[3]
Ali Demi Street and Ali Demi (neighborhood) in Tirana, are named after him.
References
- ^ Balkan Newspaper
- ^ article of Tirana Observer newspaper
- ^ "...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 3447055448
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1Settlements inhabited by communities known as Arvanites, and very rarely characterized as Cham
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Bule Naipi- Margarita Tutulani - Persefoni Kokëdhima - Zonja Çurre
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Demi, Ali |
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