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Anthology of wounds - Arct

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<strong>Anthology</strong> <strong>of</strong> Wounds<strong>of</strong> escapes; treatment <strong>of</strong> incarcerated had improved andhuman rights were respected. But in the evidences <strong>of</strong>the same directory there are signed 77 cases <strong>of</strong> death inprison and 53 in camps <strong>of</strong> internal exile (pg 116). In 1954there were 5 prisons and 4 camps. The prisons were inTirana, Vlora, Korça, Burrel, Shkodër.The Liberalisation Era in the Socialist Camp: 1955 -(December) 1959Under the influence <strong>of</strong> the liberalisation changes afterdeath <strong>of</strong> Stalin, in the so-called “socialist camp”, Albaniaincluded, there has been a decrease <strong>of</strong> politicalcondemnations and internal exiles, and a reduction <strong>of</strong>the “War <strong>of</strong> Classes” in general. However, within thisperiod there have been 93 executions. Measures weretaken for the working camps were no more exterminatingcamps, but treatment <strong>of</strong> detainees were out <strong>of</strong> theinternational norms and standards: they slept on cementfloors, were beaten systematically as a disciplinary measure,the food was insufficient, etc. In order to keep theprisoners under a terror climate, because <strong>of</strong> escape tentative,four prisoners were executed during this period.“Chinese” Model <strong>of</strong> Totalitarianism in Albania: 1960- 1990This period can be divided in some sub periods:1) 1960 - (June) 1973During this period, the war <strong>of</strong> classes returned toStalinist methods. Trials and death penalties restarted.There have been 139 executions. This period representsthe total isolation <strong>of</strong> Albania also from Eastern Europeand embracement <strong>of</strong> the Chinese model <strong>of</strong> totalitarianism.According to this model, the most famous music270

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