Këmisha e zezë

Këmisha e zezë ('Blackshirts') was a weekly Albanian-Italian bilingual newspaper published from Vlorë during the Italian occupation of Albania.^[1] The newspaper was founded on August 12, 1939.^[2] It was the organ of the Vlorë provincial federation of the Albanian Fascist Party.^[1][3] Jup Kazazi [sq] served as its managing director and Sezai Kemal was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper.^[1]

Këmisha e zezë

Publisher	Albanian Fascist Party
Editor-in-chief	Sezai Kemal
General manager	Jup Kazazi
Founded	12 August 1939 (1939-08-12)
Political alignment	Fascism
Language	Albanian language, Italian language
Headquarters	Vlorë
Country	Albanian Kingdom

Its issues contained two or four pages, 42x58 centimetres.^[1] Këmisha e zezë used Tosk orthography.^[1] One page was printed in Italian.^[4]

It was one of five newspapers published in Albania at the time (all bilingual fascist organs).^[3][5]

References

1. Christine Körner (1982). Entwicklung und Konzeption der Presse in Albanien und der albanischen Exilpresse. R. Trofenik. p. 446. ISBN 978-3-87828-150-4.
2. Hamit Boriçi (1997). --Një shekull e gjysmë publicistikë shqiptare (1848-1997). Enti Botues Poligrafik "Gjergj Fishta". p. 131.
3. Les Balkans. Vol. 10–11. 1938. p. 301.
4. Vittorio Briani (1977). La stampa italiana all'estero dalle origini ai nostri giorni. Istituto poligrafico dello Stato. p. 59.
5. Owen Pearson (2004). Albania in the Twentieth Century, A History: Volume I: Albania and King Zog, 1908-39. I.B.Tauris. p. 482. ISBN 978-1-84511-013-0.