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Rizo Šurla (1922 - 2003) Rizo Šurla, born on this day in 1922, was a Yugoslav photographer, actor, and anti-fascist who fought with the Yugoslav Partisans during World War II
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Rizo Šurla (1922 - 2003)
Thu Jan 12, 1922
Image: Rizo Surla, being interviewed by Radio and Television of Montenegro in 1979 [YouTube]
Rizo Šurla, born on this day in 1922, was a Yugoslav photographer, actor, and anti-fascist who fought with the Yugoslav Partisans during World War II. Šurla was a prominent member of the Afro-Albanian community in the town of Ulcinj.
According to journalist Mustafa Canka, Šurla was a boxer and waiter in Zagreb, as well as a partisan fighter on the Srem Front. Canka quotes Ulcinj chronicler Ismet Karamanaga: "He was striking, unusually beautiful, kind of like the famous Muhammad Ali, radiating charm and positive energy".
Canka also cites a Ulcinj resident, Daudet Abazovic, who called Šurla "a symbol of Ulcinj and Ulcinj's Black community."
- Date: 1922-01-12
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- Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org