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Anthology of wounds - Arct

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<strong>Anthology</strong> <strong>of</strong> WoundsMARIJE GJOKA (MAZREKU) and DOM NIKOLLMAZREKUAs brother and sister that wereclose to each other, and had suchgreat trust in God, and because <strong>of</strong>the long suffering caused from thepolitical persecution to both <strong>of</strong>them, we are representing themtogether in this anthology.This because they dedicatemuch <strong>of</strong> their letters we have chosento each other.Marie Gjoka, faced the political persecution at an earlyage, because at the end <strong>of</strong> 1946, Dom Nikolle Mazrekuwas arrested, imprisoned and interned during the Communistdictatorship.The other brother, Rroku, was killed during the firstyears <strong>of</strong> the Enver Hoxha regime. Maria passed her lifegoing from one prison to the next.She helped her brother Dom Nikolla, and her husband,who was arrested shortly after their marriage.She has written her memories in the book “Pieces <strong>of</strong>bitter memories,” and has also published a poetic volumecalled “Mother’s tears.”Dom Nikoll Mazreku was greed following the fall <strong>of</strong>the Communist regime and restarted to work in the service<strong>of</strong> the church.234

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