{"id":7824,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/1970\/01\/01\/ndoc-mazi\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:52:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:52:48","slug":"ndoc-mazi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/ndoc-mazi\/","title":{"rendered":"Ndoc Mazi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Vig of <\/span>Mirdi<\/span>t<\/span>a<\/span>, Ndoc Mazi, 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 Shkodra in 1920 and was a s<\/span>t<\/span>uden<\/span>t<\/span> a<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he Shkodra<\/span> high school, where <\/span>he embraced communis<\/span>t<\/span> ideas and became a member of <\/span>t<\/span>he Communis<\/span>t<\/span> Group of Shkodra in 1937. In February 1939, he was sen<\/span>t<\/span>enced <\/span>t<\/span>o imprisonmen<\/span>t<\/span> during <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>t<\/span>rial organized in <\/span>T<\/span>i<\/span>ran<\/span>a agains<\/span>t<\/span> communis<\/span>t<\/span>s and was incarcera<\/span>t<\/span>ed in <\/span>Mbresh<\/span>t<\/span>an<\/span>, Bera<\/span>t<\/span>, from where he es<\/span>caped wi<\/span>t<\/span>h o<\/span>t<\/span>her communis<\/span>t<\/span>s af<\/span>t<\/span>er <\/span>t<\/span>he fascis<\/span>t<\/span> aggression on April 7. Following his escape, he engaged in an<\/span>t<\/span>i-fascis<\/span>t<\/span> ac<\/span>t<\/span>ivi<\/span>t<\/span>ies and helped organize <\/span>t<\/span>he An<\/span>t<\/span>i-Fascis<\/span>t<\/span> Na<\/span>t<\/span>ional Libera<\/span>t<\/span>ion War. Mazi became a member of <\/span>t<\/span>he Albanian Communis<\/span>t<\/span> Par<\/span>t<\/span>y <\/span>immedia<\/span>t<\/span>ely<\/span> af<\/span>t<\/span>er i<\/span>t<\/span>s founding and <\/span>par<\/span>t<\/span>icipa<\/span>t<\/span>ed<\/span> in <\/span>t<\/span>he mee<\/span>t<\/span>ing for <\/span>t<\/span>he forma<\/span>t<\/span>ion of <\/span>t<\/span>he Albanian Communis<\/span>t<\/span> You<\/span>t<\/span>h organiza<\/span>t<\/span>ion in November 1941. He was elec<\/span>t<\/span>ed organiza<\/span>t<\/span>ional secre<\/span>t<\/span>ary of <\/span>t<\/span>he Albanian Communis<\/span>t<\/span> You<\/span>t<\/span>h Circui<\/span>t<\/span> for Durrës and la<\/span>t<\/span>er became a member of <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>Albanian Communis<\/span>t<\/span> You<\/span>t<\/span>h Circui<\/span>t<\/span> Commi<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ee for Shkodra in 1942. He was arres<\/span>t<\/span>ed and subjec<\/span>t<\/span>ed <\/span>t<\/span>o bru<\/span>t<\/span>al <\/span>t<\/span>or<\/span>t<\/span>ure for his an<\/span>t<\/span>i-fascis<\/span>t<\/span> ac<\/span>t<\/span>ivi<\/span>t<\/span>ies. In Shkodër, he focused on <\/span>es<\/span>t<\/span>ablishing<\/span> t<\/span>he founda<\/span>t<\/span>ions and <\/span>t<\/span>echniques of warfare. As a par<\/span>t<\/span>isan in <\/span>t<\/span>he “Perla<\/span>t<\/span> Rexhepi” ba<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>alion in 1943, he ac<\/span>t<\/span>ively propaga<\/span>t<\/span>ed <\/span>t<\/span>he ideas 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 in <\/span>t<\/span>he Pukë-Mirdi<\/span>t<\/span>ë area. <\/span><\/span>(In <\/em><\/span>t<\/span>he pho<\/span>t<\/span><\/em>o: Ndoc Mazi<\/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 1660.<\/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

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Ndoc Mazi, 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":3041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7824","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\/7824","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=7824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11390,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7824\/revisions\/11390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}