Enver Hoxha, Albania's dictator, was personally involved in Shantoja's execution.
Bunkers in Albania built during Hoxha's rule to avert the possibility of external invasions.
Enver Hoxha gave a mantra to the people of his country- Always be ready.
Hoxha's death left Albania with a legacy of isolation
and fear of the outside world.
Its dictator Enver Hoxha was so afraid of enemies that he built bunkers all over the country.
Hoxha's political heir Ramiz Alia oversaw
the disintegration of the“Hoxhaist” state during the wider collapse of the Eastern Bloc in the later 1980's.
The historic city of Durrësi on the Adriatic Sea was, for decades,
where the powerful in Tirana went to relax(both Enver Hoxha and King Zog had holiday homes here).
The historic city of Durrësi on the Adriatic Sea was, for decades,
where the power in Tirana went to relax(both Enver Hoxha and King Zog had holiday homes here).
During Hoxha's regime political executions were common,
and as a result possibly as many as 25,000 people were killed by the regime and many more were sent to labour camps or persecuted.
Hoxha assembled the entire population in the capital's largest
square featuring a statue of Stalin, requested that they kneel, and made them take a two-thousand word oath of"eternal fidelity" and"gratitude" to their"beloved father" and"great liberator" to whom the people owed"everything.".