Shote Galica, an Albanian fighter for national liberation and unity, was born in Drenica, Kosova, on 10 November 1895.
Born Qerime, she grew up as the only daughter in a family with six sons. Inspired by Albanian patriots, she took up arms alongside her husband, Azem Bejta. Her resistance against Serbian military authorities became prominent in the early 1920s, before she moved to Albania.
In late winter 1926, Galica settled in Shullaz, Kruja, with children whose parents had died in the fighting.
The General Directorate of Archives has published an excerpt from a letter she addressed to Ahmet Zogu shortly before her death. Galica wrote that she and the orphaned children were starving, while caring for children of those killed fighting for Kosova’s liberation.
Galica also left a well-known saying: “Life without knowledge is like a war without weapons.” Her contribution to the national cause earned her the title of People’s Heroine.
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