{"id":7874,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/1970\/01\/01\/gjon-serreqi-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:52:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:52:52","slug":"gjon-serreqi-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/gjon-serreqi-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gjon Serreqi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gjon <\/span>Serreqi<\/span>, an ideologue and one of the founders of the Albanian National-Democratic Movement (LNDSH), was a fighter for liberation and national unity, who was shot in Prishtina. Born in <\/span>Ferizaj<\/span> in 1920, he initially headed the episcopal seminary in <\/span>Priz<\/span>ren<\/span> before beginning his higher studies in philosophy in Zagreb in 1941, which he continued in Pisa and Florence, Italy. In 1943, he was appointed mayor of <\/span>Babush<\/span> in <\/span>Ferizaj<\/span>. However, in May 1944, he was arrested by the Gestapo and sent to the Prishtina ca<\/span>mp, later being transferred to a camp in Vienna, from which he was released in May 1945. After returning from exile, <\/span>Serreqi<\/span> became a teacher at the Prishtina high school in June 1945. He opposed the return of Yugoslav power in Kosovo and the policies impl<\/span>emented by the Yugoslav government towards Albanians. By September 1945, he dedicated himself fully to the Albanian National-Democratic Movement, <\/span>emerging<\/span> as one of its central figures in the Plain of Kosovo, <\/span>Anamorava<\/span>, and <\/span>Karadak<\/span>. In April 1946, to avoid<\/span> imprisonment, he went underground and joined the armed units <\/span>operating<\/span> in the field. He was instrumental in forming the Youth Committee of the Albanian National-Democratic Movement for the district of <\/span>Ferizaj<\/span> and was a key organizer of the 5th Congress of<\/span> the LNDSH, held in <\/span>Blinaje<\/span> in <\/span>Lipjan<\/span>, known as the <\/span>Lipovica<\/span> Congress, on July 25, 1946. To evade persecution by the security forces of the Yugoslav state, he <\/span>relocated<\/span> to various villages in <\/span>Ferizaj<\/span>, <\/span>Kopilakë<\/span>, and <\/span>Luboten<\/span>, and later to the <\/span>Anamorava<\/span> regio<\/span>n. In February 1947, he was arrested, sentenced to death by the District Court in Prishtina, and <\/span>subsequently<\/span> shot. <\/span><\/span>(In the photo: <\/em><\/span>Gjon<\/span> <\/strong>Serreqi<\/span>)<\/span><\/em><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Text<\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> Encyclopedic Dictionary of Kosovo – Vol. II<\/span><\/span>, Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo, Prishtina, 2018, pag<\/span>e 1495–1496.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Photo<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© https:\/\/sq.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gjon_Serre%C3%A7i<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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G<\/span>ra<\/span><\/strong>phic processing<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>AHCF<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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