Kapidan Gjon Mark Markagjoni
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.
