Enver Hoxha had criminalised all forms of religion and Father Kurti paid the ultimate price for disobeying a totalitarian state that has often been compared to today's North Korea. Now Albania ...
During his forty-year reign, the Albanian leader Enver Hoxha banned religion, forbade travel and outlawed private property. Any resistance to his rule was met with severe retribution, including ...
The fall of communism has brought monumental changes to Albania, long the most isolated ... the brutal legacy of communist dictator Enver Hoxha. The complete absence under communism of independent ...
For centuries, Albania had been largely unknown and inaccessible, and, from 1945 to 1985, its isolation was compounded by the rigid communist dictatorship of Enver Hoxha, which eliminated almost all ...
Tito ruled Yugoslavia for almost forty years. Hoxha, who founded and who was named the leader of the Communist Party of Albania in 1941, still enjoys this position. His absolute rule over Albania ...
Indeed, it was Hoxha who prompted my book: While in Albania, I wondered what it must be like to be his son or daughter. Let me remind you about the old man: Enver Hoxha ruled Albania from 1944 ...
Sadly, their ordeals didn’t end there — Albania’s communist leader, Enver Hoxha, sent thugs to burn their scriptures and family homes. Currently, they claim to have 7 to 20 million followers ...
During the uncertain years of the Cold War, when nations prepared for the prospect of a devastating nuclear war, Albania's dictator Enver Hoxha convinced the country that the outside world wished ...
All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall - Legacy of Hoxha The world is changing, but Albania is not. The covenants of Enver Hoxha are honored with all responsibility ...
Enver Hoxha ruled Albania with an iron fist for nearly 40 years and for a long time Albania was the only Maoist regime and by far the most isolationist society in Europe - politically ...