{"id":7854,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/1970\/01\/01\/at-zef-pllumi\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:52:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:52:50","slug":"at-zef-pllumi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/at-zef-pllumi\/","title":{"rendered":"At Zef Pllumi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fa<\/span>t<\/span>her Zef Pllumi, a F<\/span>ran<\/span>c<\/span>iscan pries<\/span>t<\/span> and wri<\/span>t<\/span>er, was born on Moun<\/span>t<\/span> Renci<\/span> (<\/span>Lorenci<\/span>) in <\/span>Shengjin<\/span> t<\/span>o a family origina<\/span>t<\/span>ing from Shkreli. He was bap<\/span>t<\/span>ized wi<\/span>t<\/span>h <\/span>t<\/span>he name <\/span>Prenke<\/span>. A<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he age of f<\/span>ive, in 1929, he became a s<\/span>t<\/span>uden<\/span>t<\/span> of German missionary Alfons <\/span>T<\/span>racki<\/span> in <\/span>Velipoja<\/span>, and in 1931, he en<\/span>t<\/span>ered <\/span>t<\/span>he F<\/span>ran<\/span>c<\/span>iscan College of Shkodra, where he comple<\/span>t<\/span>ed his educa<\/span>t<\/span>ion un<\/span>t<\/span>il 1944. During 1943-1944, he collabora<\/span>t<\/span>ed wi<\/span>t<\/span>h <\/span>t<\/span>he magazine “<\/span>Hylli<\/span> i<\/span> Dri<\/span>t<\/span>ës<\/span>” (<\/span>“S<\/span>t<\/span>ar of <\/span>t<\/span>he Ligh<\/span>t<\/span>“) and served as <\/span>t<\/span>he personal secre<\/span>t<\/span>ary of Fa<\/span>t<\/span>her An<\/span>t<\/span>on Harapi. However, on December 14, 1946, a<\/span>t<\/span> jus<\/span>t<\/span> 22 years old, he was arres<\/span>t<\/span>ed and sen<\/span>t<\/span>enced <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>t<\/span>hree years in prison, as <\/span>t<\/span>he communis<\/span>t<\/span>s believed he <\/span>possessed<\/span> significan<\/span>t<\/span> knowledge fro<\/span>m which <\/span>t<\/span>hey could ex<\/span>t<\/span>rac<\/span>t<\/span> informa<\/span>t<\/span>ion. He served his sen<\/span>t<\/span>ence in <\/span>t<\/span>he “Big Prison” of Shkodra and <\/span>t<\/span>he camps of Beden in <\/span>Myzeqe<\/span> and Orman-Pojani in Maliq, <\/span>Korça<\/span>. Af<\/span>t<\/span>er his release, he re<\/span>t<\/span>urned <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>t<\/span>he F<\/span>ran<\/span>c<\/span>iscan Assembly and worked in numisma<\/span>t<\/span>ics as a <\/span>t<\/span>echni<\/span>cian a<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he Museum of Shkodra from 1949 <\/span>t<\/span>o 1951. In 1956, he was ordained a pries<\/span>t<\/span> and served in Dukagjin, based in Shosh, un<\/span>t<\/span>il Sep<\/span>t<\/span>ember 14, 1958, when he lef<\/span>t<\/span> wi<\/span>t<\/span>h Fa<\/span>t<\/span>her Augus<\/span>t<\/span>in <\/span>Ashiku<\/span>. In 1967, he was arres<\/span>t<\/span>ed again and spen<\/span>t<\/span> 23 years in various pris<\/span>ons and camps, including <\/span>Spaç<\/span>, Reps, <\/span>Skrofo<\/span>t<\/span>ina<\/span> in Vlora, <\/span>Ballsh<\/span>, <\/span>Zejmen-Shenkoll<\/span>, and <\/span>T<\/span>i<\/span>ran<\/span>a, before being released in 1989. A year la<\/span>t<\/span>er, he began <\/span>t<\/span>eaching a<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he <\/span>Shna<\/span> Nou Church in <\/span>T<\/span>i<\/span>ran<\/span>a, where he served un<\/span>t<\/span>il 1997. From 1993 <\/span>t<\/span>o 1997, he republished <\/span>t<\/span>h<\/span>e magazine “S<\/span>t<\/span>ar of <\/span>t<\/span>he Ligh<\/span>t<\/span>” and wro<\/span>t<\/span>e <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>t<\/span>rilogy “<\/span>Rrno<\/span> ve<\/span>t<\/span>ëm<\/span> për<\/span> me <\/span>t<\/span>regue<\/span>” (“Live Only <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>T<\/span>ell”). In 2006, he was decora<\/span>t<\/span>ed wi<\/span>t<\/span>h <\/span>t<\/span>he “Honour of <\/span>t<\/span>he Na<\/span>t<\/span>ion” order by <\/span>t<\/span>he Presiden<\/span>t<\/span> of Albania and received <\/span>t<\/span>he “Golden Fea<\/span>t<\/span>her” li<\/span>t<\/span>erary award from <\/span>t<\/span>he Min<\/span>is<\/span>t<\/span>ry of Cul<\/span>t<\/span>ure for his <\/span>t<\/span>rilogy of memoirs. Fa<\/span>t<\/span>her Zef Pllumi passed away in Sep<\/span>t<\/span>ember 2007 and was buried in Shkodër. <\/span><\/span>(In <\/em><\/span>t<\/span>he pho<\/span>t<\/span><\/em>o: Zef Pllumi<\/em>)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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T<\/span>ex<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> Encyclopedic dic<\/span>t<\/span>ionary of vic<\/span>t<\/span>ims of communis<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>error – Vol. <\/span>VI <\/span><\/span>,<\/span> Ins<\/span>t<\/span>i<\/span>t<\/span>u<\/span>t<\/span>e for <\/span>t<\/span>he S<\/span>t<\/span>udy of Crimes an<\/span>d Consequences of Communism, “<\/span>Wes<\/span>t<\/span>Prin<\/span>t<\/span>“, <\/span>T<\/span>i<\/span>ran<\/span>a, 2017, page 333-334.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pho<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>o<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© h<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zef_Pllumi<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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