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10M OTHER T ERESAhad never seen before. She ran up to him and explainedthat her father was very ill indeed. The priest immediatelyleft with her for the Bojaxhiu house and administered theLast Rites to Kole. The family rushed Kole to hospitalwhere he was operated on the next morning. Thefollowing day, however, he died.Speaking in 1982 Agnes’s brother Lazar said, “Ourfamily’s suffering began at the time the Yugoslavs and theAlbanians fought for Kosovo and the other Albanianprovinces, among which included the city of Skopje. Ourfather was very active in politics and very concerned aboutthe national Albanian issue. He tried to obtain national rightsfor the Albanians and he tried with all his heart to conservethe unity of the Albanian territories of Yugoslavia withAlbania. Once Yugoslavia took control of the territories thefamily was persecuted and my father was poisoned.”Massive crowds attended the funeral of NikolaBojaxhiu, including an official deputation from City Hall.He was known as a just and sincere man and a greatbenefactor of the area. On the day of his funeral all thejeweller shops closed as a mark of respect. The childrenin the local schools were issued with a commemorativehandkerchief to mark the day.After Kole’s death, a business partner appropriated theassets of his business and the family was left with only thehouse they lived in. The loss of her husband for a timeparalysed Drana with grief. She relied heavily on her