{"id":2213,"date":"2025-06-23T16:05:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T14:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidssh.instant.al\/?page_id=2213"},"modified":"2025-06-23T16:07:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T14:07:43","slug":"thirrja-te-mohuar-nga-regjimi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aidssh.al\/en\/studimi\/konferenca\/thirrja-te-mohuar-nga-regjimi\/","title":{"rendered":"The Call \u2013 Denied by the Regime"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Call for presentations for the scientific conference:<\/strong><\/h3>

\u201cDenied by the regime\u201d: prisons, the internment-expulsion system, and forced labor in Albania 1945-1990<\/strong><\/h4>

Among the issues in the relationship of Albanian society with the communist past, the discourse on the repressive part of the regime seems to be the most difficult component. Public opinion shows a kind of refusal to engage in debates about the multifaceted violence exercised by the regime against its political opponents and their families, about the prison system and that of internment\/expulsions, about the suffering of people in these prisons and camps, and the many abuses they endured there.

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Forced labor was widely used in communist Albania immediately after the establishment of the regime. Labor camps were places where punishment was carried out through forced work such as land reclamation, construction of public works, mineral extraction, agriculture, and so on. These camps were often built near the places where prisoners were required to work. Such camps were temporary (constructed with tents or barracks, surrounded by barbed wire, and strictly controlled by armed soldiers), while in other cases they were established permanently, especially near mines. The first labor camps for prisoners were those in Juba, near Durr\u00ebs (1946); Maliqi near Kor\u00e7\u00eb (1946); Bedeni and Lekaj near Kavaj\u00eb (1948); Valshuk, Berat (1948), and many others. Forced labor was also applied in internment sites during the period 1945-1953. All internees, regardless of whether they were men, women, elderly, or children, lived in places surrounded by barbed wire and were forced to perform extremely hard work. Such labor camps for internees existed in Tirana, Tepelen\u00eb, C\u00ebrrik, and other locations.

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Labor camps for prisoners were the most painful phenomenon of the communist regime. A 1955 report by the U.S. Department of State addressed to the United Nations expresses serious concerns about the use of forced labor in prisons and internment camps in Albania. According to the report, \u201cforced labor has been widely used in Albania since the current communist regime came to power in November 1944. A number of laws and decisions have been issued legalizing forced labor, and the new Albanian Penal Code adopted in May 1952, based on the Soviet Penal Code, skillfully provides for \u2018corrective labor\u2019 and the internment of citizens in concentration and labor camps. Even children who have reached the age of 12 are held responsible under measures for placement in \u2018corrective labor\u2019 camps if accused of crimes against the state.\u201d

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During the 28 years following the fall of the communist regime in Albania, the community of researchers has not focused much on these delicate issues. Serious studies on forced labor and the internment-expulsion system are lacking in Albania; memorial sites about the communist regime have not yet been established; genuine scientific activities on these matters have not been developed, and only recently has systematic work begun to collect testimonies and memories of people who suffered in prisons and internment camps.

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Convinced that only by approaching the past with courage, scientific objectivity, and empathy do we serve the emancipation of Albanian society,

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Authority for Information on the Files of the Former State Security,
in cooperation with
The Institute of History at the Academy of Albanological Studies,
The Institute for the Study of Crimes and Consequences of Communism and
The Institute for the Integration of Former Political Persecuted Persons
invite you to submit proposals for presentations for the conference \u201cDenied by the regime\u201d: prisons, the internment-expulsion system, and forced labor in Albania 1945-1990,\u201d which will be held on October 31, 2018, in Tirana.

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This conference is organized within the framework of the project \u201cRemembering to Heal and Prevent,\u201d supported by the Authority for Information on the Files of the Former State Security. The project is supported by UNDP Albania and the Government of Italy.

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The conference focuses on the following main themes:

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  1. Analysis of totalitarianism and its application in Eastern Europe and Albania<\/li>
  2. The relationship between history and memory regarding the communist past in Albania.<\/li>
  3. A comparative perspective between Albanian communism and that of other countries in Central and Eastern Europe.<\/li>
  4. The figure of the \u201cenemy of the people\u201d in the Albanian communist worldview.<\/li>
  5. Individual guilt, collective punishment: an analysis of the internment-expulsion system in Albania.<\/li>
  6. Typology of internment camps and zones.<\/li>
  7. Daily life and human relations in the camps and internment zones.<\/li>
  8. Camps surrounded by barbed wire; Berat, Kruja, Tepelena, Porto-Palermo, etc.<\/li>
  9. Reflection on the reasons for the use of forced labor in prisons, camps, and internment zones in Albania.<\/li>
  10. Foreigners in Albanian camps: prisoners of war, Greek soldiers, Italians, etc.<\/li>
  11. Statistics on the output gained by Albanian society from the use of forced labor<\/li>
  12. Collective memory of the internment-expulsion camps and the communist past in Albania.

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    Abstracts must contain 250-300 words and be submitted no later than the date\u00a0June 7, 2018<\/strong>\u00a0to the address:

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    konferenca1@autoritetidosjeve.gov.al<\/a>

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    Participants will be notified of selection no later than the date\u00a0June 30, 2018.

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    Organizing Committee:

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    Academician Beqir Meta (ASA)
    Dr. Marenglen Kasmi (AIDSSH)
    Dr. Adriana Topi (AIDSSH)
    Prof. Asoc. Dr. Sonila Bo\u00e7i (ASA)
    Dr. \u00c7elo Hoxha (ISKPK)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Thirrje p\u00ebr prezantime p\u00ebr Konferenc\u00ebn shkencore: \u201cT\u0451 mohuar nga regjimi\u201d: burgjet, sistemi i internim-d\u0451bimeve dhe puna e detyruar n\u00eb Shqip\u00ebri 1945-1990 Nd\u00ebr problematikat e marr\u0451dh\u0451nieve s\u0451 shoq\u0451ris\u0451 shqiptare me t\u0451 shkuar\u0451n komuniste, diskursi mbi pjes\u0451n represive t\u0451 regjimit duket se \u0451sht\u0451 komponenti m\u0451 e v\u0451shtir\u0451. Opinioni publik tregon nj\u00eb lloj refuzimi p\u00ebr t\u2019u p\u0451rfshir\u00eb n\u0451 […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":533,"parent":717,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2213","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidssh.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidssh.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidssh.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidssh.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidssh.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aidssh.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2213\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidssh.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidssh.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidssh.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}