In Palermo (Italy), Dom Sante Gemelli, a Catholic cleric condemned by the communist regime, died. He was born in Messina, in 1897. From 1941 to January 1945, he directed the orphanage located near the Papal Seminary in Shkodër. He tried to board a ship in Durrës with other foreign regulars, but on February 18th he was arrested and transferred to Shkodra prison. From there he was sent to Tirana prison. After some twenty days, he was finally released on bail, and from the middle of March of that year, he was repatriated to Italy. He passed away at the age of 68 . (In the photo: Sante Gemelli)
Text: Encyclopedic dictionary of victims of communist terror – Vol. II , “West Print”, Institute for the Study of Crimes and Consequences of Communism, Tirana, 2013, page 338.
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