MARTYRS MEMORIAL-SHPAL

Veprimtaria jonë e parë do të jetë Zbulimi i Memorialit te Martireve që ndodhet në Kishën e Shën Palit – Kisha Shpalit.

Shpali, unaze historie e te Pese Bajrakeve!

Verilindja e malesis nuk ka si te pershkruhet pa permendur poziten geografike e kthyer me se voni ne nje unaze te verte gjeopolitike, si Shpali i Mirdites.Qysh ne rrefimet e vjetra ne pershkrim te zanafillave duket se Shpali ka pritur e percjelle luftetare e luftra, ka duruar mesymje dhe ka qene nje obelisk takimi, si per te thene vendi me i pershtatshem i Verilindjes per te shperndar kacatoret drejt thellsis se maleve, kodrinave te Mbishkodres, brigjeve te Drinit e Bunes, brigjeve te Matit e pellgut te Shqiperise se mesme ku nder me te rendesishmet evenimente eshte zbritja e malesorve nen komanden e Kapidanit Marka Gjoni ne lufte kunder rrebelimit te Haxhi Qamilit, organizimi i malesorve me qender Shpalin drejt kryengritjes se Durresit ose edhe me pare, rruga me e shkurter per ne Kishen e Vaut te Dejes, rruga me e perpikte e malesorve per mbrojtjen e Kallmetit e Zadrimes rridhte nga Shpali drejt Ungrejt, Livadhezit e ne vijim. Nuk po germojme me thelle se duhet ne historine tejet e te vjeter te Shpalit sepse koha aktuale na kerkon tu veme shenjat e kuptimit ndodhive te vona ne qytezen – unaze te Shpalit te Mirdites.

Ne vazhde te perpjekjeve te princit Prenge Bib Doda per te shtuar numrin e bajrakeve te Mirdites, Kapidani i Mirdites Gjon Marka Gjoni, me daten 29 Maj 1928 mblodhi kreret e te pese bajrakeve per te lidhur Besen per Mirdite e Atdhe. Ardhja ne Atdhe pas studimeve mbaruar me nota te shkelqyera e Kapidan Mark Gjomarkaj perkoj me nevojen jetike te maleve te Verilindjes per tu perfaqesuar nga nje ponioll i shkelqyer mirditas e Gjomark dhe gjithac, ne kohe te shkurter emri i kapidan Mark Gjomarkut u radhit politikisht midis emrave te dy te medhenjve shqiptar, At Gjergj Fishta dhe Mustafa Kruja. Para se te merrte detyren e zevendes Ministrit te Brendshem, Kapidan Mark Gjomarkaj ka qene nenkryetar i komisionit te ekonomise dhe ka kembengulur jashte mase qe bashk me perfundimin e Ures se Zogut te mbarohej se shtruari cdo segment i rruges nacionale Ura e Zogut-Ura e Fandit-Shpal-FusheAres.

Komunistet e gjeten rrugen te shtruar.

Brigadat famekeqe te pushtimit te Mirdites renden nga Ura e Fanit per ne Geziq sa vune pushke edhe mbi Kishe, zbarkuan ne Shpal e kudo, dogjen banesa e theren bageti, mbushen kamione me gra dhe femije te pafajshem e i derguan ne internime e burgje, por akti me mizor i komunizmit eshte sjellja ne Gryke te Shpalit dhe torturimi i trupave te pajete te antikomunisteve sidomos kapidan Llesh Gjomarkaj e Nikolle Prenge Lleshi. Ne gryke te Shpalit u pre Ajka e Mirdites dhe u hodh ne humnere. Shpali i be vendvarreza komuniste. Nga njera ane humnera e Qafes se Valmerit ku u varrosen te gjalle 14 mirditas e diku perballe kodrina e humneres ku u hodhen te coptuar e lyer me miell qe ti shyenin shpezet e egra, Antikomunistet shqiptar e kan ketu nje varr nen kup te qiellit edhe pse eshtrat nuk u gjinden. Si unaze e te pese Bajrakeve, shpali nuk ka simos te jete vendi ku u tortura per se gjalli e per se vdekuri çdo i mire per bajrak. Edhe Gojani i Pukes ketu solli trupat e Ndue Perlleshit e te Ndoc Mirakes por ata e kan nje varr nder varret e Gojanit. Tek kjo kodrine, ne kemi shenuar emrat e shumekuj qe ende nuk ka nje varr per te ringjallur kujtimin e tyre, kujtimin e Martireve te Mirdites, Martire qe zbukuruan Parajsen e gjithmone pushofshin ne preher te Jezukrishtit.

Perjete te jeteve u kujtofshin Martiret e Mirdites.

Our very first event will be the unveiling of the new Martyr Memorial located at the Church of St. Paul – Kisha Shpalit.

This site has been the cornerstone for many meetings and events throughout Mirdita’s history, it is the circle of history of the Five Bajraks. It has endured the onslaught and has been a meeting point, and the most suitable place in the Northeast to receive the followers from the depths of the mountains, the hills of Mbishkodra, the banks of the Drini and Buna, the shores of Mat and the basin of central Albania, where the most important events are the descent of the mountaineers under the command of Kapidan Marka Gjoni in the war against the rebellion of Haxhi Qamil.

We will not delve deeper than we should in the very old history of Shpal because the current time requires us to concentrate on the meanings of the more recent events in the town of Shpal, Mirdita.

The first of such event in modern times, followed the efforts of Prince Prenge Bib Doda to increase the number of Bajraks of Mirdita, where Kapidan Gjon Marka Gjoni, on May 29, 1928, gathered the leaders of the Five Bajraks, in Shpal to reinforce the Besa (Pledge of Honor) for Mirdita and Homeland.

The second most important event involved Kapidan Mark Gjomarkaj. Arriving home, after graduating with honors at the University in Italy, Kapidan Mark Gjomarkaj realized the vital need of the North-Eastern mountains to be represented by a leader of Mirdita and the Dera e Gjomarku. Soon thereafter, the name of Kapidan Mark Gjomarkaj was politically ranked among the all Albanian names by two great Albanians; Father Gjergj Fishta and Mustafa Kruja. Before assuming the position of Deputy Minister of Interior, Kapidan Mark Gjomarkaj was the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Economy and insisted on the completion of the Zog Bridge; which would complete the paving of every segment of the national road Zog Bridge – Fand Bridge – Shpal – Fushe Ares. He was instrumental in the completion of this road. The communists found the road paved.

The last event was a tragedy indeed. The infamous brigades, during the conquest of Mirdita, ran from the Fanit Bridge to Geziq, fired rifles on the Church, landed in Shpal and around it, burned homes, slaughtered cattle, filled trucks with innocent women and children and sent them to exile and prisons. But the most cruel communist event was what happened in Shpali Gorge and the torture of the anti-communist lifeless bodies, in particular Captain Llesh Gjomarkaj and Nikolle Prenge Lleshi. This Mirdita nobility was dismembered in Shpali gorge and thrown into the abyss. The cave became a communist cemetery. Also in the abyss of Qafes e Valmerit fourteen Mirdites were buried alive and somewhere in front of the hill of the abyss, after being dismembered, they were painted with flour to kill the wild birds. The Albanian anti-communists have a grave here under the sky even though their bones were never found.

On this hill, we have recorded the names of many who do not yet have a tomb to revive their memory, the memory of the “Martyrs of Mirdita”, Martyrs who shine in Paradise and are at rest in the arms of Jesus Christ.

May the Martyrs of Mirdita be remembered forever.