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| Birth name | Prek Pjetri (Cali) Hasanaj |
| Born | (1872-07-29)July 29, 1872 Vermosh, Kelmend, Ottoman Empire now Albania |
| Died | March 25, 1945(1945-03-25) (aged 66) Shkodër, People's Socialist Republic of Albania |
| Years of service | 1908–1945 |
| Rank | Commander |
| Commands | Kelmend |
| Battles / wars | Albanian Revolt of 1908 Albanian Revolt of 1911 Albania during the Balkan Wars Anti-Communism 1944-45 |
| Awards | Hero of Albania (after 2010) |
Prek Cali or Prenk Cali was a bayraktar of the Kelmendi Catholic clan in the northern Albanian region near Vermosh, nationalist, and anti-communist. Born in Vermosh, he fought in the Battle of Deçiq against the Ottoman Empire, and later against the Kingdom of Serbia, and finally against the communist forces under Enver Hoxha. Hoxha had him lured and killed him on Palm Sunday.
Plav and Gusinje
At the beginning of the Second World Prek Cali had between 200 and 1,200 armed men around Vermosh under his command. He took control over Plav and Gusinje in 1941, before Italian forces occupied it.
Anti-Communist struggle
Death
By the end of the Second World War, the main military and political force of the country (the communist partisans) concentrated to the north of Albania to destroy the anti-communist forces and to eliminate its rivals. They met an open resistance in Nikaj-Mërtur (adjacent region in Tropojë District), Dukagjin and Kelmend, which chieftains were openly anti-Communists. In January 15, 1945, a battle between partisans of the first Brigade (supported later by 23rd and 24th Brigade plus Yugoslav partisan forces) and anti-communist forces was fought at Tamara Bridge. Partisan forces lost 52 partisans; consequently, their communist terror was unmatched. About 150 Kelmendi people were killed, burnt alive, had their eyeballs out, were buried in holes or cruelly tortured. Their leader Prek Cali was surrounded in a cave in Vukël for a week; after that he surrendered. He was executed.
In literature and arts
Mihailo Lalić mentioned Cali in his novel "Pramen Tame" and short story "Posljednje brdo".
References
- Luigj Martini (2005). Prek Cali, Kelmendi dhe kelmendasit (in Albanian). Camaj-Pipaj. p. 66. ISBN 9789994334070.
- Neuwirth, Hubert (2008). Widerstand und Kollaboration in Albanien 1939-1944. Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 216. ISBN 978-3-447-05783-7.
... Prenk Cali, dem Bajraktar von Vermosh...
- ^ Ndue Bacaj (Gazeta "Malësia") (March 2001), Prek Cali thërret: Rrnoftë Shqipnia, poshtë komunizmi (in Albanian), Shkoder.net, retrieved 12-25-13
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - Borozan, Đorđe (1995). Velika Albanija: poreklo - ideje - praksa. Vojnoizdavački insitut Vojske. p. 503.
- Serbia), Vojnoistorijski institut (Belgrade,. Zbornik dokumenata i podataka o narodnooslobodilačkom ratu naroda Jugoslavija. Vojnoistorijski institut. p. 203.
...са Пренк Цалем налази се око Врмоше око 1.200 бораца
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Kostić, Dušan (1954). Krajevi i ljudi. Narodna knjiga. p. 27.
- Lalić, Mihailo (1979). Pramen tame: roman. Nolit. p. 44.
Lijevom stranom, Zeletinom, vodi Prenk Caljo klimenačke palikuće iz Vrmoše da se osvete što su dugih dvadeset godina bili prinuđeni da žive bez pljačke.
- Lalić, Mihailo (1967). Posljednje brdo: Pripovetke. "Nolit,". p. 211.
... води Пренк Цал>о католике од Врмоше и Вусан>це да се нашьач^у и прославе; да иза н>их не заостане,
Sources
- Pajović, Radoje (1977). Kontrarevolucija u Crnoj Gori: Četnički i federalistički pokret 1941–1945 (in Serbo-Croatian). Cetinje, Yugoslavia: Obod.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Narod andrijevičkog sreza (1978). VATRE sa Komova: Narod andrijevičkog sreza u NOP 1941-1945. Mjesni odbor SUBNORA-a.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Milovanović, Nikola B.; Kljaković, Vojmir (1985). Draža Mihailović. Centar za informacije i publicitet.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Pajović, Radoje (1987). Pavle Đurišić (in Serbo-Croatian). Zagreb, Yugoslavia: Centar za informacije i publicitet. ISBN 978-86-7125-006-1.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Martini, Luigj (2005). Prek Cali, Kelmendi dhe kelmendasit. Camaj-Pipaj. ISBN 978-99943-34-07-0.
- Isa Blumi (10 May 2011). Reinstating the Ottomans: Alternative Balkan Modernities, 1800-1912. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-11908-6.