Abas Kupi  (1901-1976) Linden 444

 Abas Kupi was an Albanian resistance leader during World War II. In 1939, when Mussolini invaded Albania, Mr. Kupi organized and commanded a resistance regiment. In 1942, when the National Liberation Movement was founded, he became one of its leaders, but at the end of 1943 broke with it and headed a royalist legitimist movement calling for the return of King Zog. He chose the name Legaliteti to denote legitimacy and recall the 'Triumph of Legality' of 1924. This was the Zogist resistance, launched at the Congress of Herri on November 23rd. Its manifesto promised not only democratic monarchy but also land reform, social insurance, and the retention of 'Ethnic Albania' (with Kosovo and Chameria).

 He left Albania in 1944. In 1948, he was founder of the Committee for a Free Albania in Paris, which opposed the Communist domination. He came to the United States in 1967.

 He lived in Freeport, Long Island and died at the age of 75 in January of 1976. His wife Hava, and eight children survived him.