Historische site
Albania's Bunkers
Roughly 170,000 concrete pillboxes built under Enver Hoxha — the most visible physical legacy of the communist state.
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The Sigurimi were the secret police of communist Albania. They watched people, listened to their telephone calls, and kept files on them. Anyone thought to be against the government could be sent to prison, to a labour camp, or into internal exile with their whole family.
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The Sigurimi were the secret police of communist Albania. They watched people, listened to their telephone calls, and kept files on them. Anyone thought to be against the government could be sent to prison, to a labour camp, or into internal exile with their whole family.
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Historische periode
Communist Albania
Forty-six years under Enver Hoxha and his successor: total collectivisation, the banning of religion, successive…
Persoon
Enver Hoxha
The leader who took Albania out of the Soviet bloc, then out of the Chinese one, and banned religion outright.
Historische site
House of Leaves
The former headquarters of the Sigurimi's technical surveillance branch, kept as it was found.
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- Wikipedia —
Sigurimi — English Wikipedia
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Wikidata item Q609388
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