Anton Harapi

Anton Harapi (5 January 1888 in Shiroka Albania– 20 February 1946, Tirana, Albania) was an Albanian Franciscan friar, educator, lecturer, publicist, and political figure during World War II. In the first years of the communist regime in Albania, he was executed due to collaboration with the Axis.

Early life
Anton Harapi was born on January 5, 1888, in Shiroka and educated in Shkodër.

From 1923 to 1931, he taught at the Franciscan college in Shkodër and was its director. Harapi wrote the book titled “Andrra e pretashit” translated to Pretash’s dream. It is based on a dream by Pretash Cuka Berishaj a highlander from then village of Priften inside the mountain of Gruda, (Harapi worked in the nearby Church Kisha Grudes, one of the oldest Catholic Churches in all of the Balkans).

Death
The court was led by General Judge Irakli Bozo and the prosecution was led by Misto Treska. The Military Court sought their execution and confiscation of their property as Axis Collaborators.