Jonuz Kaceli

Jonuz Kaceli
Born
Jonuz Osman Kaceli

(1908-06-20)20 June 1908
Tirana
Died25 February 1951(1951-02-25) (aged 42)
Tirana
Cause of deathexecution
Body discovered1992
Resting placeTirana
NationalityAlbanian
CitizenshipAlbanian
OccupationBusinessman
Years active1930–1951
OrganizationOsman Kaceli e djemtë
Known forBenefactory deeds
Criminal chargeNo process
Criminal penaltyDeath penalty
Criminal statusInnocent after process of 1991[1]
AwardsMartyr of Democracy

Jonuz Kaceli (20 June 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]

Life[edit]

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[edit]

Kaceli had been an important person in the business community of Tirana.[4] He allegedly punched Mehmet Shehu in the face and lightly injured him 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 his wife and seven children, all of whom were sent to Albanian gulags after the killing took place.[4]

Recognition[edit]

In 2008, his act was recognized by the President of Albania, Bamir Topi, and Kaceli was posthumously awarded the medal of Martyr of Democracy. His body is now buried at the Albanian National Martyrs Cemetery (Albanian: Dëshmorët e Kombit).[7]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ report: East Europe, pages 152-161, Google Books
  2. ^ "SNE Business 3.3".
  3. ^ Libri: Bombe ne ambassades Sovjetik
  4. ^ a b Telegraf published on 9 march 2008 [1][permanent dead link] and [2][permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Uran Butka 27 February 2006 Shekulli newspaper
  6. ^ Aleksandër Meksi: Edhe njëherë mbi bombën në Ambasadën sovjetike, ZemraShqiptare.net, 12-04-2009, 07:16pm (GMT)
  7. ^ "Decorations in 2008 from the President of Albania". Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
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