Llazar (Zai) Fundo, political activist, was shot without trial. He was born in Korça, in 1899. 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” (“Unity”). After the June Revolution, he was one of Fan Noli’s closest collaborators. With the overthrow of the Noli Government, he left for the Soviet Union. Between the years 1924-1939, he wrote various articles for the newspaper “Çlirimi nacional“ (“National Liberation”), 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 Kolosian in Kukës and, after being cruelly tortured, he was shot by order of Enver Hoxha as a “Trotskyist” and “renegade”. (In the photo: Lazar 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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