Asim Zeneli Explained

Asim Zeneli
Birth Date:3 May 1916
Birth Place:Progonat, Gjirokastër, Albania
Death Date:2 July 1943 (aged 27)
Death Place:Përmet, Albania
Nationality:Albanian
Known For:Partisan during the War of Liberation
Family:Zeneli
Awards: Hero of the People

Asim Zeneli (3 May 1916  - 2 July 1943) was an Albanian partisan during World War II. His death against Italian troops in 1943 in Mezhgoran became a rallying point for LANÇ. Posthumously he was awarded the highest honor of the country, Hero of the People.[1]

Biography

Born in Progonat. In the 1930s he studied at the Qemal Stafa High School, in Tirana, Albania.[2] and then at the Military Academy of Modena. In 1939 he was arrested during the anti-Italian protests after the invasion of Albania. A member of the Albanian Communist Party, in March 1943 he became commander of the "Hajredin Tremishti" platoon and in late June commissar of the "Koto Hoxhi" platoon. He died on 2 July 1943 against the Italian army during the capture of Përmet.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Meçaj. Nasip. Çelaj. Xhemil. Toçi. Fatmir. Enciklopedi e Kurveleshit. 2009. TOENA. 387. 978-99943-1-496-6.
  2. Web site: Q. Stafa High School website . Historiku . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140112013128/http://www.gjimnaziqemalstafa.net/ . 2014-01-12 .