Anthology of wounds - Arct

Anthology of WoundsThe Communist Persecution in Albania: Brief HistoricalOverviewFor almost half a century, Albania lived under themore extreme totalitarian communism in the post SecondWorld War Europe. With the end of the 2 nd WorldWar, the Albanian Popular Republic was declared andits leader, Enver Hoxha stayed in power until his death,in 1985, sustaining one of the most repressive systemsin the Eastern Europe. Thousands of people were imprisonedor sent to internal exile; entire families werepersecuted even for slight deviations from the “party’sstrategy”. Aversive towards the “Imperialist West” andthe “Revisionist East”, Albania remained the poorestand most isolated country in Europe.The definition of Raymond Aaron for totalitarianism1 most precisely covers the real characteristics of totalitarianismin Albania:1.The totalitarian phenomenon is present in a regime,which gives to an only party the monopole of the politicalactivity;2.The monopolist party is inspired and carries an ideology,to whom attributes an absolute authority and consequently,it succeeds to become the state official truth;3.For sharing this official truth, the state engages a doublemonopole, the monopole of the forced means, and of brainwashing. All media: radio, television, press are under the statecommand and direction.4.The greatest part of economical activities are imposed bythe state in a way, and all these, acquire the colour of the officialtruth;261