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OF MOTHER TERESA
NGA GONXHE BOJAXHIU DERI TE NËNË TEREZA FROM GONXHE BOJAXHIU TO MOTHER THERESA
IV. ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS ON THE LIFE AND FAMILY OF MOTHER TERESA
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Dr. Nora Maliqi Zylali
In the absence of factography, the events of the past, no matter how true they were, they werw still unable to have the stamp of the scientific authenticity.
This is what happened with the legends about the death of Kole Bojaxhiu, Mother Teresa’s father, but now finally, in a documented way light is thrown around his death, through an archival document provided by ISCHA in Skopje, where it turns out that he was poisoned by Serbs in Belgrade.
So far there has been a lot of talks about this happening, due to lack of historical facts, but but henceforth all dilemmas over the circumstances of Kole Bojaxhiu's death are removed.
As it is known, Kole Bojaxhiu was an Albanian businessman and politician, who built the first theater in Skopje, and participated in the development of the railway line Kosovo - Skopje - a project that he personally funded.
Kole Bojaxhiu had included his social, cultural and political engagement within the administration of the City of Skopje, where he was engaged as an advisor.
According to the data deposited by the Bojaxhiu family after their transfer to Tirana, it is understood that in the autumn of 1919, a delegation from the Skopje City Council, which also included Kole Bojaxhiu, traveled to Belgrade, where they were invited to a meeting. As soon as he left Belgrade, Kola became seriously ill, experiencing great pain. After arriving in Skopje, he was hospitalized and died a few hours later.
After Kola's death, in the 1930s, the Bojaxhiu family moved to Tirana.
Document: File which provides information about the death of Kole Age Bojaxhiu
NGA GONXHE BOJAXHIU DERI TE NËNË TEREZA FROM GONXHE BOJAXHIU TO MOTHER THERESA
MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS FIRST DIRECTORY
FILE Nr. 298, Year 1989
FILE TITLE
For Age Kol Bojaxhiu, information addressed to Ramiz Alia, Adil Çarçani, Hekuran Isai and Reis Maliles
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Started on 13.6.1989 Ended on 13.6.1989
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PEOPLE’S SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA Secret
MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS Sample No.5 DIRECTORY Tirana, on 13.6.1989 No.5591
Subject:For Age Kol Bojaxhiu SENT TO COMRADE RAMIZ, ADIL, HEKURAN AND REIS TIRANA
Age is the daughter of Kola and Drane (Roza), born in Skopje in 1913, with primary education, unmarried, disorganized in the Party, with a tailoring profession, with Albanian nationality and citizenship, died in 1973.
Mentioned above,with early origin is from the district of Korca. Around the year 1900, the family settled in Skopje, Yugoslavia. In 1930, Age's father was poisoned by the Yugoslavs, as he was active in the
Albanian national cause. After his death, the family consisting of his wife, Drane (Roza), daughter Age and son Llazer Bojaxhiu settled in Tirana.
Drane has not practiced any profession, and has lived permanently with her daughter in Tirana. She died in 1971. Her brother, Llazer, graduated from the Lyceum of Korça and finished his higher studies as an officer in Italy. Until 1939 he worked as an officer in the districts of Berat and Shkodra.
We emphasize that Age Bojaxhiu has a sister called Marie Tereza (Bojaxhiu) living in Calcutta, India, with the profession of nun and charity, who is known as an important international personality in the field of religion. Maria has maintained regular correspondence with her mother Drane and sister Age, from 1951 to 1971. Some of the letters she sent have religious content.
Apart from her mother and sister, who have died, Maria Teresa has no other relatives in our country. It turns out that Age Bojaxhiu has a cousin (an aunt son) named Lorenco Antonio, living in Prishtina, professor at the Academy of Sciences, currently retired.
Lorenco has come to our place before the year 1981 with a group of Kosovar professors.
The closest social connection of Drane and Age Bojaxhiu is the artist Maria Kraja, who has shown constant care for them. After their death, Maria has sold her household items and furniture, and with this income she built their two tombs, which are made of marble and are in good condition.
MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS SIMON STEFANI
NGA GONXHE BOJAXHIU DERI TE NËNË TEREZA FROM GONXHE BOJAXHIU TO MOTHER THERESA
Tirana, 16.8.1989
Dear Mr. President of our dear country Albania,
After many years of prayer and desire to visit my country, after visiting so many around the world, the good Lord finally gave me this beautiful gift to come and see my people.
My family lived here for many years and they also died here, so I was able to visit their graves.
While my sisters Missionaries of Charity are in many places, I would love to bring here at least four of them - in order to give gentle love, care for the elderly, the lonely, the unloved, the mentally ill, and anyone who needs gentle love and care, they are our people, so let me bring my sisters here - we have no place for business and politics.
I have neither gold nor silver, but I give you my sisters and hope that together we will do something beautiful for God and our people.
My gratitude to you is my prayer for you and the people you serve.
God bless you,
Teresa
Immediately after this letter follows the response of President Ramiz Alia, who on September 2, 1989 wrote to Mother Teresa in a benevolent tone, reminding her that: "Our people knew closely their noble compatriot who gave the 'given word' to the poor," which at the time the letter was written, was a very significant response. But, his answer was negative for the acceptance of the "Missionaries of Charity" in Albania of that time.
Document: The letter that Mother Teresa sent to the President of Albania, Ramiz Alia, in 1989
NGA GONXHE BOJAXHIU DERI TE NËNË TEREZA FROM GONXHE BOJAXHIU TO MOTHER THERESA
Document: The letter that Mother Teresa sent to the President of Albania, Ramiz Alia, in 1989
IV.2. THE DECORATION WITH WHICH THE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ALBANIA AWARDED MOTHER TERESA ON THE OCCASION OF HER 80TH BIRTHDAY
NGA GONXHE BOJAXHIU DERI TE NËNË TEREZA FROM GONXHE BOJAXHIU TO MOTHER THERESA
IV.3. EVIDENCE THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
OWNERSHIP OF GONJXE BOJAXHIU'S (MOTHER TERESA) HOUSE - THE EVIDENCE OF THE ALBANIANITY OF SKOPJE SQUARE (DOCUMENT)
Dr. Skender ASANI, ISCHA − Skopje
The name of the world-famous Albanian Nobel Laureate, Gonxhe Bojaxhiu - Mother Teresa, is closely associated with the city of Skopje, where she was born, raised and took the first steps to serve humanity. There is very little information about her childhood in the city of Skopje, and this lack has been very well (mis) used by some circles that have tried to change her ethnic identity.
When it comes to the youth years of Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, that part will be best expresses by her personal biographer, don Lush Gjergji, who writes: “Everything, or almost everything is known about Mother Teresa, but almost nothing about Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, although it is quite clear that there is no Mother Teresa without Gonxhe Bojaxhiu.86
Since 2006, state institutions began to implement the "Skopje 2014" project, which aimed to eradicate the historical memory of Skopje Square and targeted the destruction of the foundations of the house where Gonxhe Bojaxhiu was born. The main goal was to eliminate the last Albanian element in this square.
Not coincidentally, in that place in the beginning was an attempt to build the Church "St. Helena and
Constantine ”, and recently it is planned to build a hotel. The construction of the Mother Teresa memorial house was also in the service of relocation to another place with the aim of carrying out the project envisaged by the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, and to erase
86Don Lush Gjergji, Nëna e Dashurisë, Prizren, 2010, p. 35.
the historical memory that the neighborhood of Catholic Albanians has never existed in this square and the house of Gonxhe Bojaxhiu too.
While researching in the Archives of the City of Skopje, specifically the fund “Градско поглаварство“, I came across some court documents which showed that Nikolle Bojaxhiu, the house which was located in today’s main square of Skopje, before his death had left the same to the ownership of his daughter, Gonxhe Bojaxhiu. At the time when Nikole passed, Gonxhe was only nine years old. These documents correspond to the year 1928, when she made the decision to embark to the sacred mission. According to these documents, we understand that for reasons of her life determination, she had decided to redeem herself from any local property that was in her name, and she transferred the ownership of the house in the name of her mother, DraneBojaxhiu.
This document is very important for the existence of Catholic Albanians in Skopje, and especially for the cultural and historical heritage of the Bojaxhiu family. The Mother of the entire world - Mother Teresa, definitely deserves more care from all of us, since her house that was once located in Skopje Square, is an indisputable proof of the Albanianness of this square and all of Skopje.
NGA GONXHE BOJAXHIU DERI TE NËNË TEREZA FROM GONXHE BOJAXHIU TO MOTHER THERESA
Document: Ownership of the house of Gonxhe Bojaxhiu - Mother Teresa
Skopje Municipal Court
Regarding the subject of the deceased Nikola Bojadzievic, formercitizen of Skopje.
The inheritance judge of this court recommends to our court that a legal person be proposed as the custodian of Gonxhe's property, the daughter of Nikola Bojadaxhevi (according to Article 158, Law of Inheritance), so that the custodian can agree to sell the house, instead of Gonxhe (minor). The main property was lent to Drania Bojadzievic by Nikola Bojadzievic. Regarding this property, the only adult heir, Lazar, donated his inheritance to the deceased Bojadzievic.
No.38822 10.12.1928 Inheritance Judge, Skopje
