Anthology of wounds - Arct

Anthology of Woundsishments of opponent activities against the dictatorshipestablishment there have been given many condemnationsfor intellectuals as a possible risk for thecommunist dictatorship consolidation. In 1947 therehappened 4749 imprisonments. 7 The majority of thecondemned were nationalists, political activists involvedin defence of the Albanian cause; those who didnot contested German occupation. 8 A violent persecutionwas also applied against religious institutions.Only in 1947 there were given condemns of imprisonmentfor 16 orthodox clericals; 36 catholic clericals; 44Muslim clericals and 1 nun. 9 In 1947 in Albania 18 prisons(8 for political prisoners, 7 for ordinary criminalsand 3 mixed) were functioning. In this year the firstsworking camps were established. 10During this period the conditions in prisons werevery difficult because of the economical crisis after theSecond World War. The characteristics of this period inAlbanian prisons were: the famine, thieve, and diseases.Another characteristic was that prisons were filled withpolitical persecuted. In 1948 the value of forced unpaidwork was 10,780,424,50 lek.During the first years, a special characteristic is condemnationsof over 25 years-imprisonments and executionwithout trials. A largely used mechanism by theregime were massive internally exiles of political opponentsfamilies. The regime pressed any resistance exertingan extremely high terror over the population. Anexample is the Postriba’s movement, in 1946. This is theperiod of the hardest terror and of the highest use oftorture.268