{"id":8354,"date":"2026-03-03T01:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/osman-kazazi-2\/---59963994-d016-4ca6-8f7c-2a190ad21fa7"},"modified":"2026-03-03T00:27:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:27:58","slug":"osman-kazazi-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/osman-kazazi-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Osman Kazazi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Os<\/span>m<\/span>an Kaz<\/span>azi, <\/span>intellectual<\/span>, <\/span>nationalist<\/span>, <\/span>m<\/span>e<\/span>m<\/span>ber<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>National<\/span> Front, <\/span>passed<\/span> away<\/span>. He <\/span>was<\/span> born<\/span> in Tirana, in 1917. He <\/span>co<\/span>m<\/span>pleted<\/span> pri<\/span>m<\/span>ary<\/span> school<\/span> in Tirana, <\/span>and<\/span> secondary<\/span> school<\/span> in the <\/span>gy<\/span>m<\/span>nasiu<\/span>m<\/span> of<\/span> Shkodra. He <\/span>participated<\/span> in the <\/span>protests<\/span> and<\/span> de<\/span>m<\/span>onstrations<\/span> organized<\/span> in the <\/span>cities<\/span> of<\/span> Shkodra <\/span>and<\/span> Tirana, <\/span>against<\/span> the Italian <\/span>occupation<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>country<\/span>. In <\/span>Septe<\/span>m<\/span>ber<\/span> 1939, he <\/span>enrolled<\/span> in the “La <\/span>Sapienza<\/span>” <\/span>University<\/span> in Ro<\/span>m<\/span>e, <\/span>Depart<\/span>m<\/span>ent<\/span> of<\/span> Phar<\/span>m<\/span>acy<\/span>. In the <\/span>su<\/span>m<\/span>m<\/span>er<\/span> of<\/span> 1942, he <\/span>returned<\/span> for<\/span> the <\/span>su<\/span>m<\/span>m<\/span>er<\/span> holidays<\/span> and<\/span> decided<\/span> to stop <\/span>his<\/span> studies<\/span>, to <\/span>dedicate<\/span> hi<\/span>m<\/span>self<\/span> to the <\/span>fight<\/span> against<\/span> the <\/span>invaders<\/span> in the <\/span>ranks<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>National<\/span> Front. He <\/span>contributed<\/span> to the <\/span>press<\/span> of<\/span> this<\/span> organization<\/span>, as <\/span>well<\/span> as to the <\/span>organization<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>anti-fascist<\/span> resistance<\/span> in Tirana. <\/span>With<\/span> the end <\/span>of<\/span> the <\/span>war<\/span> and<\/span> the <\/span>co<\/span>m<\/span>ing<\/span> to <\/span>power<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>co<\/span>m<\/span>m<\/span>unists<\/span>, the <\/span>ordeal<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> sufferings<\/span> began<\/span>. <\/span>On<\/span> Nove<\/span>m<\/span>ber<\/span> 14, 1944, the <\/span>co<\/span>m<\/span>m<\/span>unists<\/span> arrested<\/span> hi<\/span>m<\/span> as an <\/span>activist<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>National<\/span> Front <\/span>and<\/span> as an <\/span>anti-co<\/span>m<\/span>m<\/span>unist<\/span>; <\/span>was<\/span> i<\/span>m<\/span>prisoned<\/span> and<\/span> interned<\/span> for<\/span> over<\/span> 40 <\/span>years<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> life<\/span>. <\/span>With<\/span> the fall <\/span>of<\/span> co<\/span>m<\/span>m<\/span>unis<\/span>m<\/span>, he <\/span>was<\/span> elected<\/span> president <\/span>of<\/span> the <\/span>Politically<\/span> Persecuted<\/span> Association<\/span> of<\/span> Albania<\/span>. In 1992, the President <\/span>of<\/span> the <\/span>Republic<\/span> decorated<\/span> hi<\/span>m<\/span> with<\/span> the “<\/span>Torch<\/span> of<\/span> De<\/span>m<\/span>ocracy<\/span>” <\/span>m<\/span>edal<\/span>. In 1997, he <\/span>was<\/span> awarded<\/span> the <\/span>title<\/span> “<\/span>Honorary<\/span> Citizen<\/span> of<\/span> Shkodra”, <\/span>and<\/span> a <\/span>year<\/span> later<\/span>, “<\/span>Honorary<\/span> Citizen<\/span> of<\/span> Tirana”. He <\/span>was<\/span> also<\/span> decorated<\/span> by the <\/span>Vatican<\/span> with<\/span> the “<\/span>Joannes<\/span> PP II” <\/span>Gold<\/span> M<\/span>edal<\/span>, as <\/span>well<\/span> as “<\/span>For<\/span> m<\/span>erits<\/span> in the <\/span>service<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>people<\/span>” <\/span>fro<\/span>m<\/span> the <\/span>city<\/span> of<\/span> Verona. <\/span><\/span>(In the <\/em><\/span>photo<\/span>: <\/span>Os<\/span>m<\/span>an Kaz<\/span><\/em>azi<\/em>)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Text<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> Encyclopedic<\/span> dictionary<\/span> of<\/span> victi<\/span>m<\/span>s<\/span> of<\/span> co<\/span>m<\/span>m<\/span>unist<\/span> terror – Vol. IV<\/span><\/span><\/em>, “<\/span>West<\/span> Print<\/span>“, Institute <\/span>for<\/span> the <\/span>Study<\/span> of<\/span> Cri<\/span>m<\/span>es<\/span> and<\/span> Consequences<\/span> of<\/span> Co<\/span>m<\/span>m<\/span>unis<\/span>m<\/span>, Tirana, 2015, page 199-200.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Photo<\/span><\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© https:\/\/alb-spirit.co<\/span>m<\/span>\/2019\/08\/25\/sadik-bejko-os<\/span>m<\/span>an-kazazi-pertej-40-viteve-te-burgut\/<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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