{"id":7820,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/1970\/01\/01\/ahmet-haxhia\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:52:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:52:47","slug":"ahmet-haxhia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/ahmet-haxhia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahmet Haxhia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Vig of <\/span>Mirdi<\/span>t<\/span>a<\/span>, Ahme<\/span>t<\/span> Haxhia, a par<\/span>t<\/span>icipan<\/span>t<\/span> in <\/span>t<\/span>he Na<\/span>t<\/span>ional Libera<\/span>t<\/span>ion An<\/span>t<\/span>i-Fascis<\/span>t<\/span> War and Hero of <\/span>t<\/span>he People, was killed in comba<\/span>t<\/span> agains<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he forces of Gjon Marka Gjoni. He was born in Shkodër in 1920 and joined <\/span>t<\/span>he Communis<\/span>t<\/span> You<\/span>t<\/span>h organiza<\/span>t<\/span>ion in 19<\/span>42, where he dis<\/span>t<\/span>inguished himself as a propagandis<\/span>t<\/span> for <\/span>t<\/span>he ideas of <\/span>t<\/span>he Na<\/span>t<\/span>ional Libera<\/span>t<\/span>ion An<\/span>t<\/span>i-Fascis<\/span>t<\/span> Movemen<\/span>t<\/span>. Haxhia was arres<\/span>t<\/span>ed <\/span>t<\/span>ha<\/span>t<\/span> same year and endured <\/span>t<\/span>or<\/span>t<\/span>ure a<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he hands of <\/span>t<\/span>he fascis<\/span>t<\/span>s. He became a member of <\/span>t<\/span>he Albanian Communis<\/span>t<\/span> Par<\/span>t<\/span>y in <\/span>April 1943 and <\/span>subsequen<\/span>t<\/span>ly<\/span> joined <\/span>t<\/span>he dis<\/span>t<\/span>ric<\/span>t<\/span> commi<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ee of <\/span>t<\/span>he Albanian Communis<\/span>t<\/span> Par<\/span>t<\/span>y for Shkodra. He <\/span>par<\/span>t<\/span>icipa<\/span>t<\/span>ed<\/span> in <\/span>t<\/span>he ac<\/span>t<\/span>ion <\/span>t<\/span>o burn down <\/span>t<\/span>he police headquar<\/span>t<\/span>ers in Shkodër in 1943. As a par<\/span>t<\/span>isan, he fough<\/span>t<\/span> in <\/span>t<\/span>he uni<\/span>t<\/span> opera<\/span>t<\/span>ing<\/span> in <\/span>t<\/span>he areas of <\/span>Mir<\/span>di<\/span>t<\/span>a<\/span>, <\/span>t<\/span>he Highlands of <\/span>Lezha<\/span>, and Vau <\/span>i<\/span> Dejës<\/span> in 1944. He worked <\/span>t<\/span>irelessly <\/span>t<\/span>o organize and educa<\/span>t<\/span>e <\/span>t<\/span>he you<\/span>t<\/span>h in <\/span>t<\/span>he ideals of <\/span>t<\/span>he An<\/span>t<\/span>i-Fascis<\/span>t<\/span> Na<\/span>t<\/span>ional Libera<\/span>t<\/span>ion War and <\/span>t<\/span>o promo<\/span>t<\/span>e <\/span>t<\/span>hese ideals in <\/span>t<\/span>he provinces. Ahme<\/span>t<\/span> Haxhia was killed in 1944. <\/span><\/span>(In <\/em><\/span>t<\/span>he p<\/span>ho<\/span>t<\/span>o: Ahme<\/span>t<\/span><\/em> Haxhia<\/em>)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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T<\/span>ex<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> Albanian encyclopedic dic<\/span>t<\/span>ionary – Vol. <\/span>2 <\/span><\/span>,<\/span> Academy of Sciences of Albania, “Kris<\/span>t<\/span>alina-KH”, <\/span>T<\/span>i<\/span>ran<\/span>a, 2008, page 894.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pho<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>o<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© <\/span>Ledio<\/span> Xhoxhi<\/span>, personal archive.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ahmet Haxhia, a participant in the National Anti-Fascist Liberation War and a People’s Hero, was killed in battle against the forces of Gjon Marka Gjoni in Vig, Mirdita.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vdekje"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11382,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7820\/revisions\/11382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}