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Episode 14

Episode 14 of 16

Reports on the most important stories from across Europe. This week's programme sees Angela MacLean in Albania, as access is made public to files from the country's Communist era.

Air ·¡Ã²°ù±è²¹ na seachdain-sa, tha Angela Nic ill'eathain ann an Albàinia far an deach ma 6000 neach air chall eadar 1944 agus 1991 rè rèisim nan Commanaich. A-nis, tha cothrom ann dhan phoblachd sùil fhaighinn air faidhlichean a bha aig aon uair ann an làmhan nan Commanaich agus na poilis dìomhair, 's iad dòchasach agus eagalach mu dè gheibh iad a-mach agus am fosgail seo seann lotan san dùthaich. Reports on the most important stories from across Europe. This week's programme sees Angela MacLean in Albania, where an estimated 6,000 people went missing during its Communist regime of 1944-1991. With public access now available to files once held by the government and secret police, there is hope and fear for answers about lost loved ones and the possibility of deepening wounds in Albanian society.

29 minutes

Albàinianaich a chaidh a dhìth; freagairtean gan sireadh

Albàinianaich a chaidh a dhìth; freagairtean gan sireadh
"'S e murt-sluaigh a thachair do bhràthair m' athar agus dhan chòrr dha na h-oifigearan. Sin an dòigh-obrach a bha aig Enver Hoxha aig an àm.â€

Chaidh uncail Mimoza Dajçi, Rasim Dajçi, a chur gu bàs ann an 1945 airson a bhith a' cur an aghaidh an riaghaltais Choimiunaich ùir ann an Albàinia. Cha d' fhuair teaghlach Mimoza a-mach a-riamh càite an deach a thiodhlacadh. Chan eil iad leotha fhèin. Thathas a' dèanamh dheth gun deach mu 6,000 a dhìth eadar 1944 agus 1991, iad air an cur gu bàs air neo a' bàsachadh ri linn ciùrraidh no cion chùraim ann am prìosanan 's campaichean. Chaidh a' chuid as motha dhiubh a thiodhlacadh ann an uaighean neo-chomharraichte. 27 bliadhna an dèidh dhan riaghladh Choimiunach a thighinn gu ceann tha teaghlaichean fhathast a' sireadh fhreagairtean.

Albania's disappeared; families still searching for answers

"What happened to my uncle and the rest of the officers was a massacre. It was Enver Hoxha's method of politics at the time."

Mimoza Dajçi's uncle, Rasim Dajçi, was executed in 1945 for opposing the newly formed Communist regime in Albania. Mimoza's family are still to find out where his body was buried. They are not alone. It is estimated that about 6,000 people went missing between 1945 and 1991. They were either executed - with or without a trial - or died through neglect or torture in prisons or in labour camps. Most were buried in unmarked graves. 27 years after the Communist regime collapsed families are still searching for answers.

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