Petrit Latifit

In 1913, the paper “Innsbrucker Nachrichten” reported from Vlorë that the Greek troopers arrested the Albanian Gon Katundi and escorted him to the prison of Fibrin. On the way, he was murdered by the Greeks. The Greek papers of the time incited hatred towards Albanians among the Greek population.

“Valona, ​​September 25. The Albanian nationalist Goni Katundi was arrested by the Greeks in Koritza and escorted to the prison in Fibrin. On the way, Katundi was shot by his escort. The Greek newspapers are inciting the population to violence against the Albanians.”

Goni Katundi is mentioned among other Albanian fighters of the time

“The Bektashi tekkes were centres of patriotic activity. I went to the tekke of Qatrom where I became friends with Dervish Ramadan who talked to me about Albania and, beginning in 1900, taught me to read the national alphabet. I oven went to Korça and always visited the Albanian café where I met Gavrilka who was a waiter there. Gavrilka gave me a spelling-book and some readers and introduced me to Themistokli Gërmenji, Dr. Haki Mborja, Qamil Panariti, Mihal Grameno and Goni Katundi, etc.”¹

Goni Katundi is said to have helped Albanians migrate to the USA in 1901 (if its the same Goni Katundi)

“For example, an Albanian named Goni Katundi came to the West End in 1901 and ensured that many Albanians settled here after him (Demo, 1960;21). Albanians, like other nations, were influenced by each other and migrated to places where they were mostly close to each other.”²

Reference

https://digital.tessmann.it/tessmannDigital/digitisedJournalsArchive/page/journal/62980/1/25.09.1913/315361/6/filterId-62980%01315361%013940767-query-Albanesische-filterIssueDate-%5B01.01.1912+TO+31.12.1930%5D-filterF_type-Newspaper.html

1. https://yolpedia.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/THE_ALBANIAN_BEKTASHI-1.pdf ↩︎
2. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2662374 ↩︎