Death of the former hunger striker The 74-year-old man, who was suffering from cancer, is laid to rest. Friends: Without medicine, he left alone By AURORA KOROMANI Friends were the ones who escorted 74-year-old Shpëtim Karamuça to his final resting place; he lost his life because
AGIM BEJKO: THE SITUATION SHOOK THE REGIME On pages 12-13
Speaks the 87-year-old / From the heights of Kinostudio to the prison of Spaç, his opinion on Fatos Lubonja Dhimitër Lala: Khrushchev’s message for Enver Filmmaker: Zhou Enlai surprised me, the way he replied to Mehmet Shehu By REZARTA DELISULA His life resembles a film that has
DOSSIER On pages 8-9
THE DEBATE / The document is revealed: the writer refused to become an informer “P.V. is a filthy hole-ridden man and a sick mind” By FATMIRA NIKOLLI Maks Rakipaj spent 7 years in prison with Visar Zhiti and is now, 30 years later, telling the stories to recall the wild days of S
By MONIKA SHOSHORI STAFA The first cell in Spaç
Report of the Day I had been able to feel for several days a great and understandable pressure, even though the scattered events that kept coming back to me could not be considered ... Continues on pages 20-21 By MONIKA SHOSHORI STAFA The First Cell in Spaç
Memories from prison, a history of pain Kurt Kola: Lubonja in Spaç wanted to see his wife and children, Sherif Merdani’s re-sentencing On pages 12-13
“Life in Spaç” Maks Velo: How the wife of Qinus helped me in prison On page 16
“Life in Spaç” On page 16
“LIFE IN SPAÇ” Maks Velo: How Qinushi’s wife helped me in prison On page 16
Resident of the area: I invited him to my house, he behaved like a true Albanian • The American ambassador visits the prison: This experience left me numb, full of sad pity, even speechless. I thank Gjoni On page 5 • The American ambassador, Aleksander Arvizu, visiting the ruins
Local resident: I invited him home, he behaved like a true Albanian • The American ambassador visits the prison; This experience left me numb, full of sad regret, even speechless. I thank Gjoni On page 5 • The American ambassador, Aleksandër Arvizu, visiting the ruins of the Spaç
LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE POLITBURO OF THE ALBANIAN LABOR PARTY IN 1973 On pages 10-11
PRISON MEMORIES, STORIES OF PAIN Kurt Kola: In Spaç, Lubonja wanted to see his wife and children, Sherif Merdani was sentenced again On pages 12-13
Dictatorship / Spartak Ngjela’s account “Sigurimi founded the PD with the persecuted people it had recruited” The prisoners in the Spaç prison had begun to sense that Mehmet Shehu was no longer Enver Hoxha’s favorite. “Nevertheless, the news caught us unprepared,” Spartak Ngjela
NOTORIOUS PRISON Spaç destroyed for scrap, 6 people under investigation On page 8
INTERVIEW/ “Society, a deadlock in the integration of former political persecuted people” (In the photo:) Writer Bashkim Shehu. Ramiz Alia and Nexhmije Hoxha during Enver Hoxha’s funeral in 1985 “There is an obsessive curiosity toward former rulers. Journalists have treated Nexhm
LETTER TO THE POLITICAL BUREAU OF THE PPSH IN 1973 On pages 10-11
THE DEBATE/ The document is revealed showing the writer refused to become an informer “P.V. is a filthy hole-dweller and a sick mind” By FATMIRA NIKOLLI Maks Rakipaj was 17 years old in prison with Visar Zhiti and nearly 30 years later returns to remember the wild days of Spaç. I