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Nuhi Berisha (October 3, 1961 – January 19, 1984) was a Kosovo Albanian revolutionary and founder of the People's Movement of Kosovo.

Early life

He was born in Kamenica, the son of Mehmet Berisha and Fahrije, in a traditional family. He finished primary and eight-year school in his hometown, in Hogosht, while the family moved to Gjilan, when he enrolled in the Zenel Hajdini". He attended primary school in his hometown, secondary school in Gjilan, and the Faculty of Law and Physical Culture in Pristina. With the initiative of Rexhep Mala and other collaborators, he participated in the formation of the Student Committee within the Revolutionary Group, which served the Albanian Liberation Movement as the core of the Student Movement of 1981.

Revolution

In 1973 they began Berisha and his friend Rexhep Mala publishing the Voice of Kosovo newspaper. In 1981, they formed a revolutionary group called Movement for an Albanian republic in Yugoslavia to Serve the Albanian Liberation Movement. Berisha attempted to lay the foundations for a liberation movement that would operate continuously.

Death

In January 1984 Berisha and Mala were killed in Vranjevc by the Serbian police. Berisha and Mala are valued as two of the central figures of the resistance and the efforts of the Albanian people of Kosovo for freedom and independence.

After they were killed, the group managed to wound a man from the secret police and plant a few small bombs.

Within the LPRK we were the radicals, the military wing of that party.' The bombs did not kill anyone, according to Shala: 'they were just to say we existed'.

References

1. Kola, Paulin (2003). The search for Greater Albania. London: Hurst & Co. ISBN 1-85065-664-9. OCLC 52978026.
2. Poulton, Hugh (1991). The Balkans : minorities and states in conflict. London: Minority Rights Group. ISBN 1-873194-25-0. OCLC 24370376.
3. "38-vjet më parë, pas një qëndrese heroike kanë rënë në altarin e atdheut, Rexhep Mala e Nuhi Berisha - GAZETA PAPIRUS". 2022-01-11. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
4. "Tribunë Shkencore me temë: "Nuhi Berisha-Jeta dhe veprimtaria atdhetare në Lëvizjen ilegale shqiptare në Kosovë (1961 – 1984)"". 2LONLINE (in Albanian). 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
5. Veliu, Fazli. "ZËRI I KOSOVËS" (PDF). Zëri I Kosovës: 57.
6. Berisha, Nuhi. Pranvere e luleve te kuqe (in Albanian). Zeri i Kosoves: Zeri i Kosoves.
7. Judah, Tim (2000). Kosovo : war and revenge. New Haven, Conn.: Yale Nota Bene. ISBN 978-0-300-23766-5. OCLC 1019738627.
8. Mertus, Julie (1999). Kosovo : how myths and truths started a war. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-20962-1. OCLC 40707095.
9. "The Engagement in the Movement for Blood Feuds Reconciliation: Part One". Oral History Kosovo. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
10. Judah 2000, p. 110.

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