Llazar (Zai) Fundo, political activist, was born in Korça. He completed his secondary studies at the French Lyceum of Thessaloniki, and his higher studies in jurisprudence in Paris. In 1924, he directed the periodical “Bashkimi”. After the Revolution of June, he was one of Fan Noli’s closest collaborators. With the overthrow of Noli’s government, he left for the Soviet Union. Between the years 1924 and 1939, he wrote various articles for the newspaper “Çlirimi nacional”, directed by him, Fan Noli, Halim Xhelo, etc. After the fascist invasion of Albania, he returned to Korça, where he devoted himself to anti-fascist propaganda. But very soon, he was arrested by the Italian quaesture of Tirana and deported to Ventotene as a dangerous opponent. After the capitulation of Italy, he returned to Albania. But in September 1944, he was captured by the partisans in Kolesjan in Kukës and, after being cruelly tortured, he was shot by order of Enver Hoxha as a “Trotskyist” and “renegade”. He was shot without trial in 1944. (In the photo: Llazar Fundo)
Text: Encyclopedic dictionary of victims of communist terror – Vol. II , “West Print”, Institute for the Study of Crimes and Consequences of Communism, Tirana, 2013, page 322.
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