When the invasion by Fascist Italy began on April 7, 1939, he was forced to interrupt his studies. This motivated him to emerge in the first anti-fascist protests in Korça and later in the National Liberation Antifascist Movement. Through the battles of war against the fascists, he directed the newspaper "Kushtrimi i Lirisë" (War cry of Freedom) and "Zëri i Rinisë" (The voice of the young). He also studied history in the Soviet Union. After World War II, he became the editor in chief of the Bashkimi (The Union). After the liberation, he withdrew from politics and continued with his scientific endeavours and studied history in Lomonosov University in the years of 1945, graduating with high results. He began teaching at the Institute of Tirana in 1950–1951.