Jonuz Kaceli
Jonuz Kaceli (20 Juni 1908 – 25 February 1951) was an Albanian businessman and dissident of the communist regime in Albania. He was one of the 23 victims of the regime's Massacre of 1951 in Albania.[2]
Jonuz Kaceli | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jonuz Osman Kaceli 20 June 1908 |
| Died | 25 February 1951 (aged 42) |
| Cause of death | execution |
| Body discovered | 1992 |
| Resting place | Tirana |
| Nationality | Albanian |
| Citizenship | Albanian |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Years active | 1930 - 1951 |
| Organization | Osman Kaceli e djemtë |
| Known for | Benefactory deeds |
| Criminal charge(s) | No proces |
| Criminal penalty | Dead penalty |
| Criminal status | Innocent after proces of 1991 [1] |
| Awards | Martyr of Democracy |
Life
Jonuz Kaceli was born in 1908 in Tirana. Prior to his arrest and killing, he had been a well known businessman in Albania, as the co-owner in the company Osman Kaceli e djemtë, which had been one of the first companies registered in Tirana, Albania after the Albanian Declaration of Independence in 1912. He was also the brother of Sadik Kaceli, a famous Albanian painter. Qemal Stafa, a notable World War II hero, had been a company employee prior to his death in 1942.[3]
Importance
Kaceli had been an important person in the business community of Tirana.[4] He allegedly tried to hurt Mehmet Shehu during such interrogations. As a result, according to a witness who told the story in 1993, he was thrown from the second floor of the Ministry of the Interior building and thus killed one day prior to the rest of the victims of the massacre, on 25 February 1951.[5][6] He was survived by wife and seven children, all of whom were sent to Albanian gulags after the killing took place.[4]
Recognition
In 2008 his act was recognized by the President of Albania, Bamir Topi and Kaceli was duly awarded post mortem the medal of Martyr of Democracy. His corpse is now buried at the Albanian National Martyrs Cemetery (Albanian: Dëshmorët e Kombit).[7]
See also
- List of the victims of the Albanian communist regime
- Sadik Kaceli
References
- report: East Europe, Nummers 152-161, Google Books
- http://www.zemrashqiptare.net/article/Historia/7046/
- Libri: Bombe ne ambassades Sovjetik
- Telegraf published on 9 march 2008 and
- Uran Butka 27 February 2006 Shekulli newspaper
- Aleksandër Meksi: Edhe njëherë mbi bombën në Ambasadën sovjetike, ZemraShqiptare.net, 12-04-2009, 07:16pm (GMT)
- "Decorations in 2008 from the President of Albania". Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
