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In 1919, she participated in the uprising of the Dukagjin Plain, while in the years 1922\u20131923, she fought to defend the Neutral Zone of Junik, which served as a base for the insurgents of Kosovo and Mal\u00ebsia. In July 1924, she participated in the defense of the free zone of Drenica. That same year, after the assassination of her husband, Azem Galica, she took over the leadership of the band and continued the fight against Serbian forces. Together with hundreds of fighters from Kosovo, in December 1924, she fought against Serbian and chetnik armies. At the end of the winter of 1926, she left Kosovo for Albania, where she settled in the village of Shullaz in Kruja. After the Second World War, the Albanian state declared her a Heroine of the People.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Top of Form&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<i>(In the photo: Shote Galica)<\/i>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Text:<\/strong> <i>Encyclopedic Dictionary of Kosovo &#8211; Vol. I <\/i>, Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo, Prishtina, 2018, page 474.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo: <\/strong>\u00a9 https:\/\/sq.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shote_Galica&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graphic processing: <\/strong>AHCF&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a young age and in deep poverty, Shote Galica, a fighter of the guerrilla bands, and the wife of Azem Galica, passed away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vdekje"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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