Mass grave of Tom Ndoja and Sokol Sokoli

The Mass grave of Tom Ndoja and Sokol Sokoli is a massgrave near Kuç, Albania.^[1][2]

Background

Executed by the communist regime after the May 20 revolt of 1984 in the notorious prison of neck-Bari, the location of their bones had been mystery to relatives all these years. Finding the bones is done in a rural area of ​​the municipality scat Black Stone in Shkodra, near the place called Antenna Radio Shkodra. After the discovery of bones, family members of the regime shot, Tom Loan, profess to Calvary ended laborious research. "At least there will be a tomb for him," they said tearful, but only pain, there are tears of joy. At least the effort of all these years was over and they finally drove trust left by their grandparents. Learned that they took three days intensive research, while it was possible to detect buried, about 1.5 meters deep, the remains of two young men shot, Sokol Sokol Dukagjin zone of Shkodra and Tom Ndojës from the Tropoja Lekbibaj . Bones were exactly the place where they were allegedly buried after execution. Just a few meters further, their families had begun two years earlier research, but they had proved unsuccessful. According to relatives of victims of the regime, finding the remains of their people in the field of Kuçi was made possible thanks to cooperation Persecuted Policy Institute and the Ministry of Interior. The latter had secured from the archives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at that time an outline, which had to determine the place of execution. Avenir has been self Deputy Peka, who on Thursday, the sketch in hand, along with representatives of the Institute of the politically persecuted, has gone to the place where the bones were thought to pushkatuarve Tom Sokol Sokol and Loan. Furthermore, according to relatives, has been Deputy Peka that has helped them, advising them with map in hand excavators where research should focus on the bone. Excavation has started exactly where about 2 years ago were doing research, but without success. Loan Simon, son of uncle Tom Ndojës, shows that "we have 27 years that we wanted the remains of Thomas, but only now became possible to find them. For us today is the same as we had guests. At least they hence have a tomb where to put flowers or to cry ... In 27 years we never leave the country without requiring the Neck of Bari, on the Mount with Hole up here in the South, but not achieved would find them. Are close to digging up 2 feet from where the bones were found. " Recently, by different persons, especially by the friend of all the families persecuted in the former camps and neck Spaçit Bari, Bedri Blloshmi, and the Institute of the former politically persecuted, both families learned that Thomas and Soko could be buried in Shkodra, in the village scat near the antenna of Radio Shkoder. "In a sketch that we had brought himself Avenir Deputy Peka, we have that on Thursday gërmojmë and just today (yesterday), it became possible to a depth of about 1.5 meters to find the remains of Thomas and Sokoli. The fate of their loved being near had a bottle from the penicillin of the time, which was written the name of Sokol Sokoli. This facilitated us still more work, because there was no doubt that the bones were found përkitnin them, "said family members of the Sokol Sokol shot.

Death penalty following the revolt in prison May 20, 1984

Tom Ndoja was arrested in 1978 during the attempted escape in the former Yugoslavia. Economic sabotage and propaganda and agitation were the charges against him. For the same charges, was also arrested Sokol Sokol. Betrayal of country and economic sabotage charges were the only ones who benefit from amnesty during the dictatorship. They were taken to prison Bari Neck, about 18 km from the city of Puka, between the gorges of the mountains. In it were 500 political prisoners, sentenced to over 25 years in prison. After many years of inhumane torture, the prisoners in revolt erupted on May 20, 1984. Unfortunately, this revolt ended in human tragedy. Tom Ndoja and Sokol Sokoli was among the organizers of the revolt. This made after a trial in District Court convicted them Puke death. Witness of the time is ex-Bedri Blloshmi persecuted. "At the forefront of the crowd of prisoners stood Tom Ndoja, Sokol Sokoli, Petra Bazelli Anastasios Dhamo, Ndue Pine, Costa Gjordemi etc. It was morning, the prisoners were grouped in the marketplace by refusing to go to work without their demands being met. In the chorus, from within the siege, came the calls: Down Communism! Down with dictatorship! Down with the dictator! Long live the country of democracy! Long live America! "Said Blloshmi. The court sentenced to death Tom Ndoja and Sokol Sokoli. They were shot on May 22, 1984 and buried in a mass grave.

References

1. ^ Gjenden eshtrat e Tom Ndojës dhe Sokol Sokolit të pushkatuar nga regjimi komunist | Proletari
2. ^ Eshtrat Sokol Sokolit Tom Ndojës vijnë në Tiranë | NOA - Agjencia Kombëtare e Lajmeve - 24 orë lajme nga Shqipëria, Kosova dhe shumë të tjera