Vasil Shanto

Vasil Shanto (1913–1944) was an Albanian communist leader and a hero of World War II.

Biography

Shanto was born in 1913, in the village of Vrakë.[1]

Shanto studied at the Qemal Stafa High School[2] He was one of the leaders of Shkodër communist group and one of the founders of Albanian Communist Party.[3] He gave a huge contribute in organizing the resistance units, and recruiting patriotic figures into the National Movement. Serving as an emissary of Albanian Communist Party, he was sent several times abroad, keeping ties with other regional communist organizations, especially with the Yugoslavian Communist Party. He was killed in action on 1 February 1944, in a skirmish with Nazi forces.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Tirana. Instituti lartë shtetëror i bujqësisë (1970). Buletin i Shkencave Bujqësore. Vasil Shanto» Vrakë të rrethit të Shkodrës
  2. ↑ Q. Stafa High School website. "Historiku".
  3. ↑ Albania in Occupation and War: From Fascism to Communism 1940-1945 Albania in the Twentieth Century: A History Author Owen Pearson Edition illustrated, annotated Publisher I.B.Tauris, 2006 ISBN 1-84511-104-4, ISBN 978-1-84511-104-5 p. 158
  4. ↑ Vasil Shanto: një jetë në shërbim të Partisë Komuniste të Shqipërisë Author Myslim Islami Publisher "8 Nëntori", 1981