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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 贰貌谤辫补 na seachdain-sa, tha Angela Nic ill'eathain ann an Alb脿inia far an deach ma 6000 neach air chall eadar 1944 agus 1991 r猫 r猫isim nan Commanaich. A-nis, tha cothrom ann dhan phoblachd s霉il fhaighinn air faidhlichean a bha aig aon uair ann an l脿mhan nan Commanaich agus na poilis d矛omhair, 's iad d貌chasach agus eagalach mu d猫 gheibh iad a-mach agus am fosgail seo seann lotan san d霉thaich. 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

Alb脿inianaich a chaidh a dh矛th; freagairtean gan sireadh

Alb脿inianaich a chaidh a dh矛th; freagairtean gan sireadh
"'S e murt-sluaigh a thachair do bhr脿thair m' athar agus dhan ch貌rr dha na h-oifigearan. Sin an d貌igh-obrach a bha聽aig Enver Hoxha aig an 脿m.鈥

Chaidh uncail Mimoza Daj莽i, Rasim Daj莽i, a chur gu b脿s ann an 1945 airson a bhith a' cur an aghaidh an riaghaltais聽Choimiunaich 霉ir ann an Alb脿inia. Cha d' fhuair teaghlach Mimoza a-mach a-riamh c脿ite an deach a thiodhlacadh. Chan聽eil iad leotha fh猫in. Thathas a' d猫anamh dheth gun deach mu 6,000 a dh矛th eadar 1944 agus 1991, iad air an cur gu聽b脿s air neo a' b脿sachadh ri linn ci霉rraidh no cion ch霉raim ann am pr矛osanan 's campaichean. Chaidh a' chuid as motha dhiubh a thiodhlacadh ann an uaighean neo-chomharraichte. 27 bliadhna an d猫idh聽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 Daj莽i's uncle, Rasim Daj莽i, 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.聽They were either executed聽- 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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