Anton Harapi
Anton Harapi | |
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| Born | 5 January 1888 |
| Died | 20 February 1946 (aged 58) |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Nationality | Albanian |
| Education | Catholic theology |
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Anton Harapi (5 January 1888 in Shiroka Albania– 20 February 1946, Tirana, Albania) was an Albanian Franciscan friar, educator, lecturer, publicist, and political figure during World War II. In the first years of the communist regime in Albania, he was executed due to collaboration with the Axis.[1]
Biography[edit]
Early life[edit]
Anton Harapi was born on January 5, 1888, in Shiroka and educated in Shkodër.[2] Harapi supported and respected the diverse religious differences of Albanians, in that religion had never divided them, they saw themselves as a single blood brotherhood.[3]
From 1923 to 1931, he taught at the Franciscan college in Shkodër and was its director. Harapi wrote the book titled “Andrra e pretashit” translated to Pretash’s dream. It is based on a dream by Pretash Cuka Berishaj a highlander from then village of Priften inside the mountain of Gruda, (Harapi worked in the nearby Church Kisha Grudes, one of the oldest Catholic Churches in all of the Balkans).[4]
World War II[edit]
After the Union with Italy was officially dissolved, many of the laws passed after Italian invasion were revoked, and Albania was declared an independent state.[5] The assembly announced that Albania would be governed by a regency of four- one representative from each of Albania's four major religious communities. Albanian Catholics were represented by the prior of the Franciscans in Shkodër, Father Harapi,[5] who maintained connections with both the Kosovars and the Albanian partisans. Learning of his appointment, partisan emissaries unsuccessfully attempted to dissuade him from accepting. Hermann Neubacher seemed to have developed a warm personal relationship with Harapi, in part because Harapi had received some of his education at the monastery school of Meran and Hall in Tirol.[5]
Death[edit]
The court was led by General Judge Irakli Bozo and the prosecution was led by Misto Treska.[6][7] The Military Court sought their execution and confiscation of their property as Axis Collaborators.[6][7]
References[edit]
- ^ Ramet, Sabrina P. (1990). Catholicism and Politics in Communist Societies. Christianity under stress. Vol. 2. Duke University Press. p. 241. ISBN 9780822310105.
- ^ "Hermann Neubacher, 1956: A Nazi Diplomat on Mission in Albania". Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ Schwartz, Stephen (2000). Kosovo: background to a war. Anthem Press. p. 78. ISBN 1898855560.
- ^ Murzaku, Ines Angjeli (2009). Returning Home to Rome: The Basilian Monks of Grottaferrata in Albania. Analekta Kryptoferris. ISBN 978-88-89345-04-7.
- ^ a b c Fischer, Bernd Jürgen (1999). Albania at War, 1939-1945. Purdue University Press. ISBN 1-55753-141-2.
- ^ a b "Persekutimi dhe ekzekutimi i Lef Nosit nga diktatura komuniste" [The persecution and execution of Lef Noso by communist dictatorship]. Observatori (in Albanian). 24 January 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ a b Pearson, Owen (2006). Albania in the Twentieth Century, A History: Volume III: Albania as Dictatorship and Democracy. I.B.Tauris Publishers. ISBN 1-84511-105-2.
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- 20th-century Albanian politicians
- Albanian Franciscans
- 1888 births
- 1946 deaths
- People from Shkodër
- Albanian anti-communists
- Executed Albanian people
- 20th-century Albanian poets
- 19th-century Albanian people
- People from Scutari vilayet
- People executed by Albania by firing squad
- Albanian collaborators with Fascist Italy
- Executed Albanian collaborators with Nazi Germany
- Albanian people executed by the communist regime