Physical exhibition 2021

The exhibition “The Unfinished Past” opened on May 27-28, 2021, in Shkodër.

AIDSSH presented to the citizens of Shkodër profiles of the missing persons during communism, testimonies collected from the families of the missing within the project framework, and selected materials from research in the archives of the former State Security.

The exhibition “The Unfinished Past” opened in Sarandë on July 8, 2021.

NAt the premises of the Municipality of Sarandë, an exhibition was presented to the citizens of Sarandë featuring profiles of the missing persons during communism, testimonies collected from families of the missing, and a guide for the families of the disappeared during communism. The event was attended by families of the missing in the coastal and border areas as well as in Sarandë, associations of persecuted persons and memory, representatives of interest groups, civil society actors, and journalists.

On August 23 and 24, On European Day, in memory of the victims of totalitarianism, the Authority's team conducted an educational and commemorative trip, as well as presentation meetings in the Tepelena and Gjirokastra areas, as part of the ICMP-AIDSSH project. AIDSSH presented to the citizens of Tepelena the exhibition “The Unfinished Past”, featuring profiles of the missing persons during communism, testimonies collected from the families of the missing within the project framework, and selected materials from research in the archives of the former State Security.

Exhibition on the disappeared under communism “The Sigurimi in its own words” held on August 30, 2021, AIDSSH presented historical data from 19 branches of the former State Security across the country. The exhibition was installed in the “Fadil Kokomani, Vangjel Lezho” park near the Prime Minister’s Office, named after two journalists whose remains are still missing.

Documentary exhibition: “Tirana through the Eyes of the Former State Security”

was held at the premises of the Palace of Concerts (Former Palace of Congresses)on November 18, 2021, a project by AIDSSH in cooperation with the “Tirana” Association, the Institute of History, ASA, and the European University of Tirana, supported by the Municipality of Tirana. The archival exhibition featuring materials opened for the first time marked the beginning of the Dialogue for Tirana activities, covering the half-century during which the capital was surveilled, persecuted, and oppressed by the communist regime.