Bule Naipi (1922 – 17 July 1944) was a

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. Bule Naipi was born in 1922 in

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. As a member of the Communist Youth, she joined the Antifascist War. Since the beginnings of her childhood she faced grave difficulties as her father had left the city and emigrated to the US and had left Bule and her brother Sado alone. Both of them joined the

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against

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. Bule, after having shown extraordinary bravery in the war, ended up a prisoner of war in German hands. She died at only 22, killed by torture, and after Persefoni Kokëdhima was hanged on July 12, 1944, in the Çerçiz Topulli Square in Gjirokastër. She did not give up even in the most difficult last moments when she was lashed and tortured, and, as Kokedhima, never revealed any names of communist colleagues. Bule Naipi and Persefoni Kokëdhima are commemorated by a statue which stands in Çerçiz Topulli plaza in Gjirokastër. An Albanian movie, ''Ngadhnjim mbi vdekjen'' ("Triumph over death") recalls her life and that of Kokedhima., page 273 The movie had a huge success in

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, where it was viewed by more than 100 million people.

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Bule, Persefoni
"8 Nëntori", 1977, (Albanian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Naipi, Bule 1922 births 1944 deaths People from Gjirokastër Heroes of Albania Albanian communists Albanian resistance members Female resistance members of World War II Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany People executed by Nazi Germany by hanging Albanian people executed by Nazi Germany