Emin Duraku

Biography:

Emin Duraku was born in Gjakova in 1918. He was an early Albanian member of the Yugoslav communist movement. He returned to his home region in 1939 and was part of the bureau of the party's regional committee. Duraku was killed by fascist forces in Lipljan and became a martyr to the communist cause. Following his death an Albanian partisan unit formed in January 1943 was named after him.