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Vasileios Sachinis ( el, Βασίλειος Σαχίνης; 1897 – 18 November 1943) was a
Vasileios Sachinis ( el, Βασίλειος Σαχίνης; 1897 – 18 November 1943) was a Greek
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leader of the Northern Epirote Liberation Front (MAVI) (1942–1943), an organization related to the National Republican Greek League
The National Republican Greek League ( el, Εθνικός Δημοκρατικός Ελληνικός Σύνδεσμος (ΕΔΕΣ), ''Ethnikós Dimokratikós Ellinikós Sýndesmos'' (EDES)) was one of the major Greek Resistance, resistance group ...
of Napoleon Zervas
Napoleon Zervas ( el, Ναπολέων Ζέρβας; May 17, 1891 – December 10, 1957) was a Hellenic Army officer and resistance leader during World War II. He organized and led the National Republican Greek League (EDES), the second most signi ...
.
Biography
Sachinis was born at the village ofDhuvjan
Dhuvjan ( gr, Δούβιανη, Douviani) is a settlement in the former Dropull i Poshtëm municipality, Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Dropull. It is within the large ...
in Dropull
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area (south of Gjirokastër) and studied at the Robert College
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in Constantinople
la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه
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(Istanbul
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). Then he became a businessman in Gjirokastër
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. During World War II
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and after the retreat of the Greek army from the area, he became part of the so-called "Northern Epirote" resistance against the Italian
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and then the German
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occupation forces in southern Albania (1942–1943)Albania's Captives. Pyrrhus J. Ruches. Argonaut, 1965, p. 156: "In June 1942 a leadership... Its leading spirit was Basil Sachines..." He protested to the Italian Occupation Forces, accusing them that they supported various activities of the Albanian resistance groups against the local Greek population. He became finally targeted by Albanian communists, he was torture
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d and executed as an agent (18 November 1943).
See also
*Grigorios Lambovitiadis
Grigorios Lambovitiadis ( el, Γρηγόριος Λαμποβιτιάδης, 1908-1945) was a Greek patriot, representative of the Greek community in southern Albania and an activist of the Northern Epirus movement. He was executed by the authoriti ...
References
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