What the records say
- When
- 26 Feb 1951
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 22
- Coordinates
- 41.33° N, 19.82° E
- Description
- Sabiha Kasimati (15 September 1912 - 26 February 1951) was an Albanian biologist and dissident of the communist regime in Albania. She was one of the 23 vict…
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1951 executions in Albania
Execution without trial of 22 intellectuals
The People's Republic of Albania executed 22 intellectuals without trial on 26 February 1951, as ordered by Enver Hoxha. They were accused of bombing the Soviet embassy in Tirana. The victims were 21 men and 1 woman. One day earlier, Jonuz Kaceli was killed while accused of the same crime. It was the first time the Agitation and Propaganda law was used.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в Албании расстреляна без суда группа представителей оппозиционной интеллигенции”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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