Ismail Boçari is an Albanian

Albanians

Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

 professor of medicine. During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 he took part in the Albanian National Liberation Front

Albanian National Liberation Front

The National Liberation Movement , also translated as National Liberation Front, was an Albanian resistance organization that fought in World War II. It was created in 16 September 1942, in a conference held in Pezë, a village near Tirana...

. He has received several awards for his activities.

Ismail Boçari was born in 1917 in Tragjas

Tragjas

Tragjas is a community in the Vlorë District, Vlorë County, southwestern Albania.-World War II:During World War II Tragjas was part of the battlefield of the battle of Gjorm, where Albanian resistance units defeated and routed the troops of the Kingdom of Italy....

, Vlorë

Vlorë

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, southwestern Albania

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. He has studied medicine in the University of Bologna

University of Bologna

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 and the University of Sofia. During the Albanian resistance of World War II he escaped from execution from Italian and German troops three times in 1942,1943 and 1944. In 1993 he received the Castriota Scanderbeg award for his activities during World War II In 1999 he was decorated with the medal National Cavalier of Italy by Massimo D'Alema

Massimo D'Alema

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 at a cerenomy that took place in Rome

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