Bedri Gjinaj

Bedri Gjinaj
Bedri Gjinaj
Born
Bedri Gjinaj

(1913-05-21)21 May 1913
Mitrovica, Kosovo vilayet, Ottoman Empire
DiedMay 1945(1945-05-00) (aged 31–32)
Mitrovica, DF Yugoslavia
AwardsUrdhri dhe Medalja "Naim Frashëri" (posthumously)

Bedri Gjinaj (21 May 1913 – May 1945) was an Albanian teacher and nationalist from Kosovo, who served as the secretary of the Second League of Prizren in 1943.[1][2]

He was murdered by the Yugoslav regime in May 1945.[3]

Legacy

Gjinaj is regarded as a national hero by many ethnic Albanians. Streets in Mitrovica and Pristina[4] and a primary school in Mitrovica bear his name.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Azizi, Ismet (2019) Aqif Blyta: Kolosi i Pazarit të Ri, Logos-A, Shkup, ISBN 978-9989-58-782-5 p. 98.
  2. ↑ Zekeria Cana, Shpalime Historike, pjesa e dytë, Libri Shkollor Prishtinë 1998, p. 548
  3. ↑ "Janari i 1945-ës i kobshëm edhe për mësuesin e devotshëm Bedri Gjinaj". Dardaniapress. 31 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Bedri Gjinaj (Mitrovica)". wikimapia.org.
  5. ↑ "Primary school "Bedri Gjinaj", Mitrovica".

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