{"id":6609,"date":"2026-03-12T01:04:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/11\/vasil-germenji\/---d614f7b1-79fd-4297-89a7-4998481fc0e5"},"modified":"2026-03-12T01:04:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:04:37","slug":"vasil-germenji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/2023\/10\/11\/vasil-germenji\/","title":{"rendered":"Vasil G\u00ebrmenji"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vasil G\u00ebrmenji, teacher, journalist, activist of the National Front and diplomat of the Albanian issue, was born in Manastir. He was born in the &#8220;Liria&#8221; hotel, in the center of the Vilayet of Manastir, which was opened by his father, Telemak, and his brother, Themistokli. He was left an orphan by his father when he was six years old, and his Greek mother let him grow up in his uncle\u2019s care. He grew up and was educated in Kor\u00e7a, where he graduated from the city&#8217;s lyceum. He completed his higher studies in railway engineering in Marseille, France. There, he met his wife, Germain, whom he married before returning to his homeland in 1934. With the &#8220;youth&#8221; government of Mehdi bey Frash\u00ebri, he entered the race for the office of prefect of Kor\u00e7a, but after two weeks, tired of the moral climate of the time, he withdrew from politics and continued to teach at the Technical School. He left Albania in March 1939, a few weeks before the Italian invasion. Settled again in Marseilles. After the occupation of southern France by German forces, he joined the French Front, which was headed by Francois Mitterand, who, when Vasili died, was the president of France. 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