FLASH
Shkruar nga Pamfleti
Among the many massacres committed by the Serbs, Montenegrins and Greeks, who were never satisfied with the looting of Albanian lands, the Massacre of the Greek Communists, on May 9, 1947, in Crete, Greece, is included. This massacre is among the most special for the type of crimes and massacres committed. It is special due to the fact that these patriotic Albanians, who were staunch anti-communists, had taken political refuge in Greece. But the Greek has no faith, the communist proletarians have always cooperated among themselves, as was this cooperation between the Greek, Yugoslav and Albanian communists, for the murder of patriotic nationalists from Kosovo.
I am convinced that most of the family members of those killed did not know and cannot know even today, where their family members were killed, not to mention their graves and the place where they were hunted after their murder. , which has lost all signs.
It is worth highlighting the fact of resistance and non-surrender of these Albanian patriots from Kosovo, who, although without weapons, used everything they had, to stand heroically, where most of them were killed in an effort to never surrender alive. Three of them were burned inside the house and the rest escaped with injuries.
This massacre clearly shows that the pan-Slav communists committed crazy massacres against the Albanians, as in Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro, Macedonia and in all ethnic Albanian territories. I am bringing to the readers this exclusive article with historical facts, about this massacre that happened on May 9, 1947.
This material was taken from the Archive of Captain Ndue Gjon Mark, which is also the archive of the "Independent National Bloc", and these materials were brought to me by the captain's daughter, Bianca Gjomarkaj, published in "Albania Libre", which was an organ of "Independent National Bloc", where we are giving it in full:
The massacre of May 9, 1947, in Crete
"On May 9, 1947, at 04:00 a.m., in the center of Fera Petra Subprefecture in Crete, a battalion of Greek communists surrounded the house where 28 Albanians from Kosovo, political immigrants, were sleeping. The Albanians were settled in this country by the Greek authorities, and were engaged in agricultural work, next to the Greek families of the country.
In this way, they provided for their living expenses. Of course, they had no weapons with them. They also had no special protection from the local authorities. They spent the whole day working and being depressed, they gathered together in a house they had assigned for sleeping and living.
On the night of May 9, 1947, the battalion of Greek communists, consisting of more than 300 people, began to surround the building of the sub-prefecture, the barracks of the Korofillakaves, and then the house where they slept. After completing the siege well, they begin the attack. The communist patrols arrest the Albanians and demand to open the gate of their house and hand them over alive.
At first, the Albanians, surprised by this unexpected event and as sleepy as they were, did not understand what was happening around their fate. That's why they stay silent. But it doesn't take much time and the Greek communist patrol starts firing guns at the house and they try to break the gate and enter.
At the same time, the entire battalion starts the attack, approaching the Albanians' residence, with the aim of capturing them alive. But the Greek communists had made the calculations wrong, because they did not know that the sons of Albanians do not surrender alive to the enemy. When the Albanians saw that they were in serious danger, they began to fight against the Greek communists. But what would they fight with?!
They had no weapons other than personal bravery, except their voices and ideals. But they also had work tools, they had hoes, shovels, pickaxes, axes, they had thrones where they sat to relax when they came back from work and some piece of brick, which they could take out with their hands and nails, from the walls of the house.
With these weapons, these brave Albanians start their fight and fight for six hours straight. Meanwhile, the first anti-communists began to be killed by Greek bullets. Jonuz Emini, chairman of the group, Idriz Sallova, Latif Kuqi, Riza Matoshi, Zejnel Mehmeti, Qerim Hajdari and Halil Idrizi.
But even on the communist side, there were five killed and several wounded, who retreated and left. Seeing that the Albanians were standing like men and had no intention of surrendering alive, the Greek communists set fire to the house, lighting several barrels of gasoline that were on the lower floor of the house. Immediately the whole house was surrounded by flames.
The danger became so great and death was approaching so fast, that for the Albanian warriors there was no other way but to go through the fire and the flames. Osman Sinani, attacked first, coming out of the house and, miraculously, I was able to take the gun from a Greek communist who came in front of him, whom he killed. But after a while even Osman Sinani falls to the ground killed, calling; "Long live Albania, Long live Kosovo! Down with Communism"!
After Osman, his brother Bajram Sinani attacks and, after him Isak Ahmeti, Haxhi Halili, Banush Berisha, Bajram Berisha, Kadri Berisha, Mustafa Bajraktari, Ahmet Uka, Fiqri Sejda and Hidajet Arifi. These can surprisingly escape from the flames and bullets of the Greek communists. Meanwhile, they were seriously injured; Qerim Ibrahimi, Bajram Gorani, Hysen Rama, Nazif Vata, Nazif Varoshi, Azis Murati and Istref Selmani. Of these injured, the first three; Qerim Ibrahimi, Bajram Gorani and Hysen Rama died a little later.
Mirëpo kishin mbetur brenda në shtëpi në mes te zjarrit dhe flakevet, Xhemal Matoshi, Rexhep Gashi dhe Ymer Sakoli. Këta, duke mos mundur të kalojnë përmes flakëve, qëndruan dhe e pritën vdekjen si burrat e hershëm, duke e kënduar himnin e flamurit e, duke thirrur “Rroftë Flamuri Kombëtar”! Bajram Sinani, njëri nder ata që shpëtuan prej t´rrezikut të zjarrit, shkon e futet në shtëpinë e priftit, por për fat te keq edhe këtu e rrethojnë armiqtë.
Një luftë e dytë fillon për Bajram Sinanin, i cili lufton duke e përdorur në vend të armës shkopin e priftit e, ndonjë send tjetër, që i bije në dorë. Vret një komunist grek e, më në fund shpëton duke u hedhur prej dritares, duke u fshehur në një vend të sigurt. Asnjë shqiptarë nuk u dorëzua i gjallë, në duatë e egërsirave komuniste të tërbuara. Mbas kësaj ngjarje të shëmtuar, autoritetet greke menduan t’i sigurojnë shqiptarët emigrant, duke i mbledhur të gjithë ata të Kretës, rreth 400 vetë, në një qendër të Athinës.
Lajmi i hidhur i vrasjes tragjike të vëllezërve tonë shqiptar nga Kosova, shkaktoi ndër të gjithë të mërguarit shqiptarë, një dëshpërim të patregueshëm. Egërsia dhe barbarizma e armiqve tanë, në vend që të pakësohet, kërkon të shtohet gjithnjë e më tepër. Enver Hoxha i pangopur nga gjaku që derdhi e që po derdhë brenda kufijve të Shqipërisë, deshi ta shtrijë egërsinë e vet edhe përtej këtyre kufijve. Ai u muerr vesh me kriminelët e kategorisë se tij, që mjerisht ndodhën edhe në Greqi dhe kërkoi që këta kriminelë, të lyenin duart e tyre edhe me gjakun e refugjatëve shqiptar, që punonin të qetë në Ishullin e Kretës.
Duke qëlluar mbi refugjatet shqiptar nga Kosova, Enver Hoxha ishte i sigurt se bënte një shërbim të madh besnikërie, kundrejt ustait të tij, Marshallit Josif Broz Tito, i cili ka shkaktuar sa e sa mjerime, në at vënt thjesht shqiptar që është Kosova. Mirëpo veglat e vërteta të barbarismës së kuqe, nuk i kishin bërë hesapet mirë. Ata pandehnin se refugjatet shqiptar të Kretës, do tu bin në dorë, si pa gjë të keq.
Ndonëse s´kishin armë me vete, trimat shqiptarë ditën të luftojnë si luanë dhe ta shesin shumë shtrenjta gjakun e tyre e, t’u japin të kuptuar armiqve të kuq, se atëhere kur s’munt të shpëtojnë dot, pranojnë të vdesin në mes të flakëve të zjarrit, pse të gjallë nuk dorëzohen kurrë. Ne mes të këtij hidhërimi të madh, burrëria që kanë treguar këta vëllezër përpara një armiku shumë më të fortë, përbën një ngushëllime të vërtetë, për zemra tona të helmuara.
Gazeta jonë përgëzon ata që shpëtuan nga ky rrezik e, u shpreh ngushëllimet më të sinqerta farë e fisit të dëshmorëve, duke u treguar heroizmin e këtyreve, si shembull për gjithë shqiptaret e tjerë”, e përfundon shkrimin gazeta “Albanie Libre”.
As a result of this massacre carried out by the Greek communists, on May 9, 1947 in Crete, 14 Albanian patriots died heroically: 1. Jonuz Emini, leader of the group, 2. Idriz Sallova, 3. Latif Kuqi, 4. Riza Matoshi, 5. Zejnel Mehmmeti, 6. Qerim Hajdari, 7. Halil Idrizi, 8. Osman Sinani, 9. Qerim Ibrahimi, 10. Bajram Gorani, 11. Hysen Rama, 12. Xhemal Matoshi, 13. Rexhep Gashi, 14. Ymer Sakoli, while seriously injured: 15. Nazif Vata, 16. Nazif Varoshi, 17. Azis Murati and 18. Istref Selmani.
We have no more data on how these four patriots who were seriously injured ended up. But unharmed or, with lighter wounds, escaped: 19. Bajram Sinani, 20. Isak Ahmeti, 21. Haxhi Halili, 22. Banush Berisha, 23. Bajram Berisha, 24. Kadri Berisha, 25. Mustafa Bajraktari, 26. Ahmet Uka, 27. Fiqri Sejda and 28. Hidajet Arifi.
This was the tragedy of 28 Kosovo Albanians, where 14 of them were killed, burned and massacred by the Greek communists.
The others who escaped are not known about their further fate and if any family members can have any more similar testimony from these 14 survivors, it is good to bring the notes about this massacre carried out by 300 Greek communists against 28 patriotic Albanians from Kosovo, who did not give up and did not lose blood, but paid for themselves many times over.
Here, then, it is clearly seen that the reoccupation of Kosovo and other Albanian countries was paid very dearly with the blood of 47,314 Albanian patriots./ Memorie.al
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