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Dom Nikolle <\/span>Kimza<\/span>, a Ca<\/span>t<\/span>holic clergyman, his<\/span>t<\/span>orian, and publicis<\/span>t<\/span>, was born in <\/span>Gjakova<\/span>. <\/span>A<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he age of 14, he began his s<\/span>t<\/span>udies a<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he Pon<\/span>t<\/span>ifical College of Shkodra in 1892.<\/span> He celebra<\/span>t<\/span>ed his firs<\/span>t<\/span> Mass on Augus<\/span>t<\/span> 21, 1905, in <\/span>Kallme<\/span>t<\/span>, <\/span>Lezha<\/span>. For 27 years, h<\/span>e served as a pries<\/span>t<\/span> in <\/span>t<\/span>he churches of <\/span>Bulgri<\/span> and Vela, and <\/span>t<\/span>hen for abou<\/span>t<\/span> 15 years as a parish pries<\/span>t<\/span> in <\/span>Kalivare<\/span>, in <\/span>t<\/span>he Abbey of <\/span>Mirdi<\/span>t<\/span>a<\/span>. In 1947, he was arres<\/span>t<\/span>ed along wi<\/span>t<\/span>h 12 o<\/span>t<\/span>her pries<\/span>t<\/span>s. Af<\/span>t<\/span>er his release, he re<\/span>t<\/span>urned <\/span>t<\/span>o his parish in <\/span>Kalivare<\/span>. As<\/span> an old and ill man, he was forced <\/span>t<\/span>o flee, firs<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>o Yugoslavia and <\/span>t<\/span>hen <\/span>t<\/span>o Rome, where he died in 1960. Some of Dom Nikolle <\/span>Kimza’s<\/span> wri<\/span>t<\/span>ings, published mainly in “<\/span>Hylli<\/span> i<\/span> Dri<\/span>t<\/span>ës<\/span>” (“S<\/span>t<\/span>ar of <\/span>t<\/span>he Ligh<\/span>t<\/span>“) under <\/span>t<\/span>he pseudonym “<\/span>Munella<\/span>,” include: “<\/span>Ç’na<\/span> t<\/span>ho<\/span>t<\/span>ë<\/span> go<\/span>jëdhëna<\/span> mbi<\/span> vje<\/span>t<\/span>ërsinë<\/span> e <\/span>Mirdi<\/span>t<\/span>ës<\/span>” (“Wha<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he Legend <\/span>T<\/span>ells Us Abou<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he Age of <\/span>Mirdi<\/span>t<\/span>a<\/span>”) (1933), “<\/span>He<\/span>t<\/span>ime<\/span> mbi<\/span> vje<\/span>t<\/span>ërsinë<\/span> e <\/span>rrjedhën<\/span> e <\/span>derës<\/span> Gjomarkaj<\/span> t<\/span>ë<\/span> Mirdi<\/span>t<\/span>ës<\/span>” (“Inves<\/span>t<\/span>iga<\/span>t<\/span>ions on <\/span>t<\/span>he Age and His<\/span>t<\/span>ory of <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>Gjomarkan<\/span> Door of <\/span>Mirdi<\/span>t<\/span>a<\/span>”) (1937), “<\/span>T<\/span>i<\/span>ran<\/span>a” (1<\/span>937), and “Nji <\/span>kumbonë<\/span> e <\/span>vje<\/span>t<\/span>ër<\/span> në<\/span> ma <\/span>t<\/span>’vje<\/span>t<\/span>rën<\/span> famulli<\/span>” (“An Old Chime in <\/span>t<\/span>he Oldes<\/span>t<\/span> Parish”) (1939), among o<\/span>t<\/span>hers.  <\/span><\/span>(In <\/em><\/span>t<\/span>he pho<\/span>t<\/span>o: Nikolle <\/span>Kimza<\/span><\/em>)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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T<\/span>ex<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> Encyclopedic dic<\/span>t<\/span>ionary of vic<\/span>t<\/span>ims of communis<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>error – Vol. <\/span>IV <\/span><\/span>,<\/span> “Wes<\/span>t<\/span> Prin<\/span>t<\/span>“, Ins<\/span>t<\/span>i<\/span>t<\/span>u<\/span>t<\/span>e for <\/span>t<\/span>he S<\/span>t<\/span>u<\/span>dy of Crimes and Consequences of Communism, <\/span>T<\/span>i<\/span>ran<\/span>a, 2015, page 222-223.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pho<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>o<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© h<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ps:\/\/kuj<\/span>t<\/span>o.al\/persona<\/span>t<\/span>\/dom-kimza\/<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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