Vasil Shanto, an activist of the communist and anti-fascist movement, participant in the Anti-Fascist National Liberation War, and Hero of the People, was born in Shkodër.
In Erseka, due to poisoning, Petro Nini Luarasi, an activist of the National Renaissance and the Albanian school, publicist, and Teacher of the People, died.
Misto Mame, a participant in the Anti-Fascist National Liberation War and one of the first leaders and organizers of the Communist Youth, was a Hero of the People who was killed in an effort against the fascists in Tirana.
In Pejë, Kosovo, Ali Kelmendi was born, a fighter for national liberation in Kosovo, an activist of the democratic communist and antifascist movement in Albania, and a People's Hero.
