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BY BEJTULLAH DESTANI

May 21st, 1914

Terrible Greek Atrocities in the

District of Kortcha

A.KOLONIA SECTION

1. The Moslem village of

Qinam with 55 houses was burnedMay first. Only 8 houses remained

out of the whole village.

The following old people

were massacred and mutilated in their

homes, Mr. Zulfo Murat, 60 years

old. The niece of Zulfo Murat, 21

years old, outraged, her throat cut and

horribly mutilated. Captain Ghilardi

has seen the bodies of all these peo-

ple.

2. Selenitza, 60 houses, ten of

which are Christian, the rest Moslem.

All the Moslem homes, except four,

were burned May 1st. All the Chris-

tian people have been taken away by

force by the Greek troops. Those who

had dared to disobey were massacred.

The following old people

were massacred and mutilated in their

homes, Mrs Zubide Adhem, 40 years

old, Mrs Dube Liche Chicho from

Staria, 75 years old. Five children are

missing.

3. Milets, 29 houses, 16 of

them entirely burned May third.

4. Bezhani, Christian Alban-

ian village, 90-100 houses, only one

house was burned. At present only

three families live there and about 20

old women. The rest of the popula-

tion has been taken away by force by

the Greek regular troops. Mr Lazi

Dede, his brother and another man

who refused to go have been massa-

cred and horribly mutilated. There are

three women and four children also

massacred but not yet identified.5. Zgorovoda, 38 houses in

all, out of which 28 Christian Albani-

ans and the rest Moslem Albanians.

All the Moslem Albanian houses

were burned, the Albanian Christian

population taken away by force by

the regular Greek troops. An old

Christian Albanian, 55 years old, who

refused to go, was massacred and

horribly mutilated. There, two

Moslem Albanians were massacred in

their homes viz. Elias Maliq, 40 years

old, and Nuri Abedin, 25 years old.

6. Kreshova, village of 26

houses, out of which 7 belong to

Moslem Albanians, the rest to Chris-

tian Albanians. All the houses of the

Moslem Albanians were burned. Twohouses belonging to the following

Christian Albanians, Lazo the Candy-

maker and Thani of Kreshova, were

burned. All the Christian population

was taken away by force by the

Greek regular army. One man was

found massacred, but not yet identi-

fied.

7. Staria, a Moslem Albanian

village of 120 houses. One hundred

houses were burned May 2. Mrs

Sadije Lako, 65 years old, massacred

and horribly mutilated in her house.

Mrs Hassan Mustafa, 60 years old,

massacred and mutilated. Mrs and Mr

Qenam Elias and their daughter mas-

sacred and mutilated in their home.

Qenam Elias 55 years old, wife 45,

daughter 7 years old. Mr RedjepElias, brother of the above-men-

tioned, 58 years old, massacred and

mutilated in his home. Mr Shaban

Latif, 40 years old, massacred withall his family. Wife 35 years old.

Three daughters, one 12

years old, the second 10 years old, the

third one 8 years old, and a son of 6

years old. All mutilated and torn to

pieces. Mr Feizi Meko, 65 years old,

massacred and mutilated, beyond de-

scription. Miss Lily Ysufi, 35 years

old, born stupid, massacred and muti-

lated in her home. Mrs Chaush Beko,

45 years old, massacred and muti-

lated in her home. Mrs Chaush

Beko's two daughters, one 16 years

old, the second 14 years old, are

missing.

All the above-mentioned

villages and half of the latter are in

our hands. The rest, which we are

going to mention below, are still inthe hands of the Greek army. So we

are in impossibility of giving full de-

tails of what has taken place there.

8. Psari, a Moslem Albanian

village of 28 houses, was entirely

burned May 2nd. Some people fled,

the number of those massacred is un-

known yet.

9. Bukova, a Moslem Alban-

ian village of 29 houses. Twenty

houses were burned May first. The

number of those massacred unknown

yet.

10. Herseka, a village formed

of 18 Moslem Albanian houses, 8

Christian Albanian houses and 55

stores. All the Moslem Albanian

houses and two stores belonging tothem were burned May 2nd. Two old

women, one from Tachi, the other

from Herseka itself, were massacred,

[identity] unknown yet.

The following Albanian vil-lages were either entirely or partially

burned. Kodrasi, formerly 30 houses;

Tachi the Inferior, formerly 60

houses; Tachi the Superior, formerly

50 houses, Mr Hassan Lulo, 50 years

old, and his mother, 70 years old,

massacred; Endrilikas, formerly 15

houses; Ripesi, formerly 18 houses;

Prodani, formerly 24 houses;

Ghionek, formerly 25 houses; Lesh-

nja, formerly 55 houses; Barmashi,

formerly 100 houses; Kagjinasi, for-

merly 45 houses; Navesela, formerly

100 houses; Sanjollasi, formerly 25

houses; Radimishti, formerly 50

houses; Kamniku, formerly 17

houses; Benjeza, formerly 45 houses;

Rajani, formerly 40 houses;

Mesichka, formerly 45 houses; Kur-tesi, formerly 50 houses; Orgotska,

formerly 40 houses; Lenska, formerly

20 houses; Zharkani, formerly 40

houses; Gadirchi, formerly 30 houses;

Zagari, formerly 15 houses; Fusheza,

formerly 10 houses.

In Qesaraka, Mrs Satliane

Kapo, 60 years old, her son Bahtiar

Kapo, 25 years old, cut to pieces with

swords.

B.LESKOVIQ SECTION

1. Delvina, formerly 50

houses, out of which 14 houses were

burned. The priest of this village

with all his family was massacred

in his own home.

2. Kuqa, formerly 50houses, entirely burned.

3. Poda, formerly 20 houses,

entirely burned.

4. Osetska, formerly 20

houses, entirely burned.

5. Radanji, 140 houses, en-

tirely burned.

6. Vreptska, formerly 50

houses, entirely burned, eight per-

sons massacred.

7. Kosertska, formerly 7


8. Kuqeshi, formerly 15


9. Sandropol, formerly 10


10. Peratti, formerly 8


11. Glina, formerly 40


12. Radatti, formerly 30

houses, entirely burned down. 40

people massacred and torn to

pieces, but not yet identified.There are in Leskoviq sec-

tion many other villages burned, but

which ones we do not know yet, since

this part of the country is still in the

hands of the Greeks.

C. BILISHTA SECTION

1. Gratsa, formerly 95 houses, en-

tirely burned. All the inhabitants

taken away by force by the Greek

army April second.

2. Polloska, formerly 80

houses, out of which only 10 re-

mained.

3. Nikolitza, burned by the

Greeks, December 29th 1913.

The following summer, itsinhabitants began to return, rebuild-

ing temporary barracks. On Thursday

at about 2 a.m., the Greek regular

troops attacked unexpectedly

Nikolitza. The poor women and old

people began to flee. The following

people were killed while trying to es-

cape: Mrs Keza Mahmut, 47 years

old, Mrs Hysen Nikolitza, 50 years

old, Miss Shaban Djelo, 10 years old,

Mr Abdul Djelo, 50 years old, with

his son of 4 years old. The following

persons were wounded while trying

to flee, Miss Batiat Choche, 16 years

old, Mrs Ghulisha Airo Bey, 50 years

old, Mrs Zanipe Feim Bey, 40 years

old. Miss Qani Bato Bey, 15 years

old, Mrs Nazime Abdul, 40 years old

(wounded while watching her son of

ten years wounded a few seconds be-

fore; her baby girl, 40 days old, killed

in her arms, and her husband killed),Mrs Shnike Ismail, 70 years old, also

wounded.

D. Permetti section

1. Frasheri, 150 houses, all burned

down except one.

2. Selenitza, formerly 40

houses, is almost entirely burned.

3. Seropul, formerly 35


4. Kreshova, formerly 40


5. Kakos, formerly 20


6. Borotska, formerly 40


7. Pagri, formerly 20 houses,

entirely burned.8. Qesilesh, formerly 35

houses, out of which 6 houses

burned.

9. Strenek, formerly 45

houses, out of which 6 houses

burned.

E, Scrapari section

1. Sevranji, formerly 120


2. Muzhentzka and Malinti

are partly burned.

n.b.

The Greek regular troops

taking possession of Kodra, a village

near Tepeleni, invited all the vil-

lagers, men, women and children, to

gather in the Orthodox church. When

all were assembled, 230 in number,

the Greek officers ordered the sol-

diers to fire on them with the machine

guns. All were killed, their heads

were cut off and were hung on the

walls. General De Veer of the Dutch

Mission went himself to this village,

saw this terrible Greek cruelty and

took the picture of this horrible sight.

In Kortcha city and 8 sur-

rounding villages, there are twenty

thousand refugees. Immediate help is

needed to keep them alive.

yours very sincerely,

Christo A. Dako

( from Tounton Record OfficeB.Destani)

THE GREEK ATROCITIES

IN ALBANIA

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