Sabiha Kasimati, first Albanian woman scientist, killed by communist regime

Present for the memorial ceremony were relatives, scholars, professors, students and representative of foreign diplomatic bodies in Tirana.

Kleri Kasimati, relative of Sabiha, says they wanted for her work to be recognized, because they knew that there was a communist file about her, but they had never seen it.

“It is the first time that this file is made available to us. We also received the diploma that Sabiha received from the university in Turin, Italy”, Kleri says.

“We have always heard that she used to speak her mind. To the point that Nako Spiru told her to put a babushka over her mouth” says Elsa Kasimati, relative of Sabiha. (Nako Spiru, former high ranking official of the Communist Party, found dead in 1947 days after he was publicly attacked by ruling party members)

The dictatorship took her life and denied her work for decades. She was executed by a firing squad in 1951, after she was accused for putting a bomb at the Soviet Embassy, although there was no evidence.

“I will demand that her work and her name are honored for the Albanian public and beyond. There are three scientist women in Europe killed by the communist dictatorship, one in Hungary and another in Poland”, says Ina Kasimati, relative of Sabiha.

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