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Accusations against communist genocide

Akuza ndaj genocidit komunist

Accuse contro il genocidio comunista

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A chilling fact from the communist genocide in the district of Berat: out of 4,000 political prisoners in this district, 300 were executed without telling their relatives the burial place (read: the deep pit) where the bullets struck them like a flower. Berat Accusations against communist genocide A chilling fact from the communist genocide in the district of Berat: out of 4,000 political prisoners in this district, 300 were executed without telling their relatives the place where they were buried (read: the deep pit) where the bullets made a flower of them. For several days now in Berat, the Association of Prisoners and Politically Persecuted Persons has been preparing a grand ceremony of tribute for the “anonymous” victims of the brutal communist dictatorship who, after many efforts, have been found. The outskirts of Berat, the bank of the Osum, or the Vodica stream—places that are still unknown even now—are a major accusation against communist genocide. There are at least 11 red coffins of the victims of communist terror waiting to be reburied in the place that belongs to them, among the relatives who loved them so much and for whom they fought until the end. Agron Azizi, a former political prisoner, tells about one of them. It is his brother, Fuza Azizi, killed at the age of 19 on 24 February 1978, at the Vodica Stream. “Even then the teeth, the nylon stockings and the unforgettable sandals were still intact,” he recalls of his brother. Other memories unfold for Luftari, for me The unburied bones accuse genocide. NËMIK SELMANI