One of the macabre testimonies of communist genocide The pits of horror 5 severed heads, buried separately 5 headless skeletons in another pit THE SKULLS OF THE VICTIMS WHO FELL INTO THE MASS GRAVES OF BERAT MENTOR SHEHU In Berat yesterday two mass-grave pits of the victims of the communist regime were uncovered. The first, on the outskirts, in the place called “Uznova e Madhe”, where skeletons were found bound with iron. The second, at the old dispensary of Berat, again 4 bodies still unidentified. But the most monstrous pit, a symbol of communist macabre horror, is the third one, the one that was discovered by chance at “Bosonet e Buze Lumit” near the old sports field: 5 skulls without body skeletons, and in another pit. 5–6 meters from the first, 5 skeletons without skulls. It was the killer Napolon Qafa who, during the excavation of the foundation of the villa he used in the aforementioned place, accidentally discovered a human skull. With the care of an archaeologist, but with anguish and sorrow, he discovered that there were some half- severed heads beside one another and four other skulls, two of which had a bullet hole in them. After this, Napolon informed the Berat Association of the Politically Repressed about what he had discovered. The chairman of the association tells me that from the moment we saw it we were convinced that this is what we saw with our own eyes. Five skulls, only five skulls, one of them even more damaged than the others. 5 skulls that wanted to tell us of five anti-communist heads cut from their bodies. Our first concern, the first question that arose, was: where are the bones? We asked Mr. Napolon Qafa to suspend the construction, which he accepted without hesitation, in order not only to search for the five skeletons belonging to the 5 skulls found. And no more than 5–6 m from the first pit they found five headless skeletons. The interlocutors from the Association of the Politically Repressed tell us that they still have not identified them, but: we are working, and with the help of specialists, taking as our starting point the facts, the photographs of the political prisoners shot, whose graves have still not been found, the court files and records collected from various witnesses, we think and hope that these victims too will have their names, so that the families may have a grave for their relatives where they can light a candle for their tormented soul, place a flower in their memory. So far it is believed that the pit where the five skulls were discovered dates from the years 1945–52, but this is only a supposition. But that they are victims of communism and that, with their heads cut off from their bodies, terror was exercised against the regime's opponents bound with iron, of that there is no doubt. Thus these exhausted people from the prisons of the communist dictatorship conclude the conversation. As I leave with a feeling of anxiety and horror, I am left with the shattering feeling that the criminals of the red dictatorship have gone beyond crime, into the boundaries of primitive cannibalism. THE PLACE WHERE THE SKULLS OF THE KILLED WERE FOUND SHEHU / EDITORIAL OFFICE[?] Reader tendency! With pain I enter myself war[?] above. It is one of the macabre testimonies of communist genocide in the history of our people THE SKULLS OF THE VICTIMS WHO FELL INTO THE MASS GRAVES OF BERAT THE PLACE WHERE THE SKULLS OF THE KILLED WERE FOUND

Tritan Shehu at a meeting with the democrats of Kamza Let us all contribute to the deepening of reforms and of democratic processes UKZENEL BUÇPAPAJ Yesterday afternoon, the Secretary General of PDSH, Mr. Tritan Shehu, held a meeting with members and supporters of PD at the Agricultural University of Kamza. Present were the Chairman of the PD branch, Tirana, Mr. Albert Broka, the Rector of the Agricultural University of Kamza, Mr. Besnik Gjonçeçi, and the Chairman of the FRPDSh, Mr. Afrim Krasniqi. The meeting was opened by the Chairman of the PD branch for the students of Kamza, Mr. Gjok Vuksani, who underlined the role and duties that young democratic intellectuals have in the service of consolidating democracy, continuing and speeding up the pace of reform. And, what remains most important, he concluded, is the increase in the dedication of every democratic activist to the defense and realization of the ideals of the right, as a necessity that enables the avoidance of the negative effects of the unfair political struggle of the Marxist opposition to the detriment of the country’s freedom and progress. Then the Secretary General took the floor (Continues on page 8)

One of the macabre testimonies of communist genocide Those who today defend genocide, crime is a way of life EDI PALOKA Terror once again. Heads separated from bodies, buried in mass graves, skulls shattered by bullets fired into the eyes of the victims, and bones still bound by handcuffs. These are the most shocking testimonies of the great crime called communism; they are the guts of a sadistic order. Another mass grave is being uncovered in Berat. Five heads separated from the bodies are buried further on and still further another pit. Innocent victims who were not executed, but barbarically massacred. And it could not have been otherwise in a system where the innocent were made victims of criminals, and criminals were decorated and made careers based on the number of victims they massacred. It was anti-humanity that prepared to implement Man. Whereas today the progeny of crime dare to come out on tribunes and howl only because for six years their ties will no longer sit in the seats of power. And these tolerance levels enter the boundaries of barbarism. How many of the victims who are now found scattered in the pits of horror were massacred by the decisions handed down by the judges of the dictatorship, some of whom today also occupy a parliamentary seat. The SP? How many of the victims were made prey to the hatred of the time when the passions of the Sigurimi were directed and ordered by those who today lead the SP? That is why today they, progeny of crime, who loom at the head of a party spawned by the monster of dictatorship, shamelessly rise once again in defense of genocide. It is understandable; for them, the killing of innocents is not considered a crime. For them, crime is a way of life. The fact that in “ZP” the criminals of the Sigurimi are described as “heroes”, that the killings that occurred (during 50 years of...) are not considered a crime, that such terrible things are propagated now, that criminals like H. Peçi and his criminal allies are described as “heroic”, etc., etc., proves very clearly that for these beings the killing of innocent people and the mutilation of their corpses does not constitute a crime. And not only that, but their shouting today for skulls, for blood, prisons and violence proves that the race of red criminals continues to develop and the SP, the struggle of the honest people continues until the genocide is sufficiently testified, and finally there remain

I suspect that one of the murdered is my brother We demand that the law be applied to the criminals Genocide, a macabre act of the communist system, is now an undisputed reality. The mass pits with the shot victims are the most living and macabre testimony of the communist murderers who brutally crushed Enver Hoxha’s “enemies”. The shooting in mourning and without a trial, in anonymity, democracy of the persecuted has found the strategy to condemn them, with the result of a tale after tale and then the aftershocks. In response to the question of what he found in a pit of shot victims, Mr. Qafai replied that it is beyond what can be imagined. It is human length. In the association of former political persecuted in Berat, hundreds of names were listed; the skulls are waiting to be identified by forensic specialists, based on the photographs that we family members have presented. I suspect that one of these shot victims is my brother. A.V. Aba[?] Omari. The extraordinary act of the criminals, prosecutors Zylyftar Velesha, Miso Bilaci, Bexhet Mema, and party secretary Reiz Malile is an unmatched act. It is the duty of the competent bodies, such as the Ministry of the Interior and the prosecutor’s office, the committee of former political persecuted, the parliamentary commission on genocide, the archival research body, and the forensic medicine authorities, to identify the shot victims, while for this criminal act against the families of the shot victims, we demand that the law be applied to the criminals. MERKUR OMARI

DISDORN: I am impressed by the great changes Meeting at the PDSH headquarters SHEHU: The Albanian democratic state has never lacked the help and support of the German government DISDORN: I am impressed by the great changes Yesterday morning, the Secretary General of PDSH, Mr. Tritan Shehu, and the Deputy Chairman of PDSH, Mr. Ali Spahia, held a working meeting with the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr. Hans Peter Disdorn. First, Mr. Tritan Shehu spoke about the Albanian political spectrum, the structures, organization and functioning of PD, the achievements of Democratic governance in the institutionalization of democracy, the acceleration of the rule-of-law state, the consolidation of the open market economy, and the encouragement of free initiative. In this context, said Mr. Tritan Shehu, at the end of his speech, the Albanian democratic state has never lacked the help and support of the German government, especially for the rapid integration of our country into Europe. Meanwhile, Mr. Hans Peter Disdorn stressed that he is impressed by the great changes that have taken place in Albania. However, he concluded, these take on even greater importance if one considers the fact that democracy is neither learned nor built in two or three years. At the end of the meeting, the interlocutors expressed themselves in favor of strengthening ties, cooperation and friendship between Albania and Germany. PDSH Press and Information Department

Fuel traffic is almost completely blocked Yesterday, Mr. Arian Starova, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, received at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Sandro Le Noci, head of the SAM Mission in Albania. During the meeting, Mr. Le Noci expressed to Mr. Starova his satisfaction with the significant improvement in the situation that has recently been observed with regard to compliance with the embargo against Serbia and Montenegro. Thanks to the measures taken by the Albanian authorities and the police’s continued monitoring, he said, fuel traffic has been almost completely blocked and the situation in the northern area is quite calm. For this, added Mr. Le Noci, I have also informed the headquarters of the Sanctions Committee (SAMCOM) in Brussels through my report.

INRA's seminar for the PDSH election campaign The American International Republican Institute organized last morning in the premises of Hotel “Dajti” a preparatory seminar for the election campaign with representatives of the Press and Information Department and the Organization Department of the PDSH Three representatives of this institution, Peter Dickinson, program officer for Albania at INR, John Elvis Schillar, political/media and Republican business specialist, and Trudi N/green, specialist at the American Republican Propaganda Department, presented the structures, message-delivery formats and ways of distributing this message during an election campaign. The American lecturers began by clarifying with the Albanian representatives the graphic presentation of an election campaign, the design of brochures and posters, considering this point as one of the primary issues that influence a campaign. P.D.SH. Press and Information Department

...and in the large cities Bulgaria “Anti-Communist Grouping” wins in Sofia ...and in the large cities The Anti-Communist Grouping candidate Stefan Sofianski was elected mayor of Sofia in the second round of Sunday’s municipal elections, Bulgarian capital sources announced. According to the election institute, Mr. Sofianski, 44, the candidate of the anti-communist grouping, the Union of Democratic Forces, received 56% of the vote, compared with 44% for the candidate of the parties supported by the Bulgarian Socialist Party, Ventsislav Jisifov. Also, the candidates of the anti-communist Grouping, the Union of Democratic Forces (UFD), have won in the largest cities of Bulgaria, defeating the candidates of the Bulgarian Socialist Party in the largest cities of Bulgaria.

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