About Ali Demi
Lived 1918 – 1943 (aged 25). Ali Demi was a military personnel.
Ali Demi (18 January 1918 – 29 December 1943) was an Albanian resistance fighter of World War II and a communist. He was killed in battle fighting German forces in Vlora, Albania in 1943.
Biography He was born in Filiates, Greece (Çamëria), to a Cham Albanian family. Later Ali Demi studied at the Lyceum, in Tirana, Albania and in 1939 he participated in antifascist demonstrations. He was also one of the founders of the Communist party of Albania. He was sentenced to death by the Italian forces but he managed to escape and join the partisans. In 1943, Demi was killed in a battle against German forces in Kaninë village, near Vlora.
Aftermath In May 1944, the Greek People's Liberation Army formed and named a mixed unit of both Greeks and Cham Albanians in his honor, the IV "Ali Demi" battalion of 15th regiment.
Ali Demi Street and Ali Demi (neighborhood) in Tirana, are named after him. There is a statue of Ali Demi in Tirana stating on it “ALI DEMI HERO I POPULLIT” - in English “Ali Demi hero of the people”.
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Who was Ali Demi?
Albanian resistance fighter
When was Ali Demi born?
Ali Demi was born on 28 January 1918 in Filiates.
When did Ali Demi die?
Ali Demi died on 19 December 1943 in Vlorë.
What was Ali Demi's occupation?
Ali Demi was a military personnel.
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