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Lefter Talo
Born1913
Hajdëragas, Albania
(modern-day Lefter Talo)
Died29 March 1944
Margëlliç, Fier, Albania
Cause of deathKIA
Resting placeNational Martyrs Cemetery
Political partyParty of Labour of Albania
Awards Hero of the People
Military career
AllegianceNational Liberation Movement (Albania)
Service / branchÇamëria Battalion
Years of service1943-1944
RankCommissar

Lefter Talo (1913 – 29 March 1944) was an Albanian resistance leader, revolutionary, hero of World War II and a teacher. He was killed in battle fighting German forces in Margëlliç, Fier, Albania in 1944.

Early life

Lefter Talo was born Lefteris Talios (Λευτέρη Τάλλιος) on 1913, in the village of Hajdëragas, Albania (now Lefter Talo) in a local family of Greek background. He attended the elementary school in Dhrovjan in the district of Delvinë, Albania. And the high school in Filiates, Greece. He finished the university and graduated as a "teacher" in Elbasan, Albania.

Legacy

The name of the village where he was born was changed from "Hajdëragas" to "Lefter Talo".

The "Lefter Talo" partisan battalion part of the National Liberation Movement of Albania's battalion "Çamëria" which operated in 1944 in the region between Mallakastër and Chameria (today in Epirus, Greece) was named after him.

  • Lefter Talo Street (Rruga Lefter Talo), in Sarandë is named after him.
  • Lefter Talo School (Shkolla Lefter Talo), in Livadhe in Finiq municipality is named after him.

References

  1. tg (2015-03-30). "Miti NITO/ Beteja legjendare e Margëlliçit ku ranë heroikisht 4 "Heronj të Popullit"". Gazeta Telegraf (in Albanian). Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  2. ^ Pollo, Stefanaq (1983). Historia e Shqipërisë: 1912-1944 (in Albanian). Albania: Akademia e Shkencave e RPS të Shqipërisë, Instituti i Historisë. p. 578.
  3. Hasani, Proletar (1999). Historia e organizimit të UNÇSH-së 1939 -1944 (in Albanian). Fllad. p. 83.
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