The national political activity of Anton Harapi during the Nazi occupation of Albania

• Author: Drnt. Guda Hysni
• Position: 'Aleksander Moisiu ' University Durrës
• Pages: 25-31

ISSN 2410-759X Balkan Journal of Interdisciplinary Research Vol 1 No 1

Acces online at www.iipccl.org IIPCCL Publishing, Tirana-Albania May 2015

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e national political activity of Anton Harapi during the Nazi occupation

of Albania.

Drnt. Guda Hysni

“Aleksander Moisiu “ University Durrës

Abstract

is article is an integral part of a monographic study that the author of these lines has just nished

and it serves as a dissertation to get “ Doctor “ scientic degree under the direction of prof. dr.

Ardian Marashi. e title is “Father Anton Harapi: a dicult return “. at’s why this is the rst

monography that is ever written about this author. Our article brings a large historic observation

of the national political activity of Anton Harapi during the Nazi occupation of Albania. We think

that the news that brings our article is connected with a dierent point of view of this activity,

even though an analysis and interpretation of the facts, data and evidences which are found by

rare documents of our archives and those abroad. We mean AQSH and AMPB, even documents

of foreign Italian and German archives1, like as:ASMAE, ASV, AAP, PAAA, BM, a part of which

documents have about two – three decades that were published. We are helped by analyses and

interpretations that we have done through important books of the national and foreign authors,

which brings a visual form of Albanian context of the World War II and over politic and patriotic

activity of Harapi. e analysis of motives which incited Harapi to accept the duty of Regent, rstly

was achieved through the general framework of Nazi occupation with its intentions and objectives

in Albania. Secondly through the outline of the constitution and the duties of Regency. e way of

argumentation even the conclusions of this article don’t manifest for a “ quisling “, collaborator “, “

enemy “ – Harap, but for a real patriot and devoted man.

Keywords: Anton Harapi, Nazi occupation, national political activity, Regency.

Introduction

e national political activity topic of Anton Harapi during the Nazi occupation in Albania

contains one of the hottest topics of the Albanian contemporary historiography. Discused

and analysed through paradoxical contradictions like as “ one of the greatest gures of

Albanian nationalism” (Pipa, 1976, 196) – “ clergyman who sold his homeland “ (Hoxha,

1968, 236), the giant personality of Anton Harapi is found during the redimensional

historic phase (Plasari, 1994, 39 – 40 ). His political patriotic activity developed mostly in

the period between two world wars, is a unique contribution in the history of our nation.

Our article aims to convey through facts, the data and scientic evidences all the truth of

Anton Harapi’s Regent activity.

Against the political trend of the time, He made choices that in the rst glance sound

absurd. Even by several people it may be considered “insanity” as he by his own may call

1Are exploited largely documents of R. M. della Rocca: Nazione e religione in Albania ( 1920 –

1944 ),Bologna 1990.