The walls within. A survey on the archive of the former Albanian Secret Police Sigurimi
Abstract
This article is an analysis of the original documents filed in the archives of Sigurimi, the Albanian State Secret Police, from 1945 to 1991 about the ‘enemies of the Party’ sent to the internment camps of Lushnja, a small town in central Albania. These files were made available by the Albanian Authority of Information on Former State Security Files. The detailed reports by the secret services officers and informants disclose the ferocity endured by generations who were deprived of personal freedoms and suffered persecutions for almost 50 years. The original documents are testimony of the incalculable psychological damage inflicted to people who live in total isolation and in constant fear.
Questo articolo è un’analisi dei documenti originali depositati negli archivi della Sigurimi, la Polizia segreta di Stato albanese, dal 1945 al 1991 sui ‘nemici del Partito’ inviati nei campi di internamento di Lushnja, una piccola cittadina dell’Albania centrale. Questi file sono stati resi disponibili dall’Autorità Albanese per l'informazione sui documenti degli ex Servizi Segreti. I resoconti dettagliati degli agenti e degli informatori dei servizi segreti rivelano la ferocia subita da generazioni che sono state private delle libertà personali e hanno subito persecuzioni per quasi 50 anni. I documenti sono testimonianza dell'incalcolabile danno psicologico inflitto a persone che vivono in totale isolamento e nella costante paura.
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