Siko Naqo
Siko Naqo (born November 16, 1884 in Selcka , Lunxhëri ; † January 1945 in Mauthausen concentration camp ) was an Albanian partisan in the Albanian resistance during World War II.
Life
Siko Naqo grew up in the village of Selcka in the Lunxhëri Mountains east of Gjirokastra in southern Albania . As an adult, he moved to Vlora , where he ran a small business. During the Italian occupation of Albania in World War II , his shop and house became a meeting place for resistance fighters. Both served the partisans as a transshipment point and warehouse for weapons, clothing and food. Among other things, he also stored the printing presses for the anti-fascist youth of Gjirokastra. In August 1944 he was arrested and taken to Mauthausen concentration camp and then to Gusen concentration camp . He died in January 1944.
Posthumous honor
On December 27, 2002, Siko Naqo was awarded the title "Märytrer des Landes". A street in Vlora was named after him.
literature
- Ilmi Bani: Siko Naqo . In: Irmgard Aschbauer, Andreas Baumgartner, Isabella Girstmair (eds.): Freedom is in fact alone. Resistance to National Socialism for religious reasons. Biographies and contributions to the 2009 International Symposium . Edition Mauthausen, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-902605-17-7 , p. 151 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Naqo, Siko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Albanian resistance fighter against National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Selcka , Lunxhëri , Albania |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1944 |
| Place of death | Mauthausen concentration camp |