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Walk by the home of Albania’s former communist dictator Enver Hoxha in central Tirana and you may not even know it. There is no sign to mark its historical significance. The two-story residence ...
So the idea that his former home in central Tirana might one day be opened up to all and sundry would have horrified Enver Hoxha, the paranoid, reclusive communist dictator who died in 1985 ...
On an exploratory stroll through Tirana, I passed several bunkers. The dictator Enver Hoxha was paranoid and lived in ...
These bunkers, locally known as "bunkerët," stand as stark reminders of Albania’s past under the oppressive rule of the communist leader Enver Hoxha. From the swinging '60s through the paranoid ...
It was an accusation he dismissed with withering irony. "Against whom was Enver Hoxha protecting me? Against Enver Hoxha?" Kadare told AFP in 2016. "The hell of communism, like every other hell ...
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — In a historical twist, the home of Albania’s late communist dictator Enver Hoxha is hosting international artists fascinated by the long-ruling leader’s library, ...