Borovë, Korçë

Village in Korçë, Albania

Borovë or Borova is a village in the Korçë County, Albania.^[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Kolonjë.^[2]

During World War II forces of National Liberation Movement, led by Riza Kodheli fought against a German convoy, which was going to Greece. The Germans responded with the Massacre of Borovë, which occurred in the settlement on civilian population as a reprisal.^[3]

Demographics

References

1. "Location of Borovë". Retrieved 2010-06-20.
2. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6372–6373. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
3. Mayer, Herman Frank (2008). Blutiges Edelweiß: die 1. Gebirgs-Division im Zweiten Weltkrieg (in German). Links Christoph Verlag. pp. 159–167. ISBN 978-3-86153-447-1.