Mathauzen
One of the 101 Albanians martyrs, who were massacred in the Nazi extermination camp at Mauthausen, Austria, Shezai Qemal, was born on December, 21st 1903. He held the number 100032; he had no number and grave. In the wake of the concentration camp liberation on January 18th, 1945, he was shot to death together with two other martyrs of Albanian fascists Lefter Bezhani and Vasil Gjata and they were burned in crematoriums of Mathauzenit.
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