Kapidan Gjon Mark Markagjoni

Kap. Gjon Mark Markagjoni

Born – Orosh, Mirdite

Died – Shkodra

1938 – 2003

Gjon Markagjoni

Forty-six years in concentration and labor camps.

Arrest/Internment History

November 1944 – He takes refuge at the home of Tom Tuku in Barballush.

March 1945 – He is arrested and confined to the house of Guljelm Luka in Shkodra.

July 1945-He is deported to the restricted city of Berat.

May 1947 – He is transferred to the district of Prrue, Berat.

October 1947 – He is transferred back to the city of Berat.

May 1949 – He is transferred to the concentration camp in Tepelene.

May 1954– He is transferred to the labor camp in Saver, Lushnje.

June 1968 – He is transferred to the labor camp in Gjaze, Lushnje.

August 1991 – After the fall of communism he is reunited with the rest of the family at their home in Shkodra.

June 1993 – He marries in Shkodra.

1996-1997 – He joins the Parliament as a member of the Republican Party.

19 October, 2003 – He dies peacefully at home in Shkodra.