Bardha Markagjoni

Bardha Markagjoni

Born – Orosh, Mirdite

Died – Shkodra

1925 – 2013

Bardha Markagjoni

Ten years imprisonment. Thirty-six years in concentration and hard labor camps.

Arrest/Internment History

November 1944 – She takes refuge with the family of Tom Tuku in Barballush.

March 1945 – Arrested and held under house arrest at the home of Guljelm Luka, Shkoder.

July 1945– She is transferred to the restricted city of Berat.

March 1947 – She is sent to the hard labor camp in Kuçovë.

August 1947 – She briefly returns to Prrue, Berat.

October 1947 – She is sent back to Kuçovë.

April 1949 – She returns to the city of Berat and joins the family.

May 1949 – She is relocated to concentration camp Tepelene.

May 1954 – Transferred to the labor camp Saver, Lushnje.

1965 – She marries Gjergj Bici and they relocate to Milot.

May 1975 – She is arrested for agitation and detained for 7 months.

January 1976 – She is sentenced to 10 years imprisonment and sent to the Kosovo-Belsh prison in Elbasan

1982 – She is released from prison early with a reduced sentence and sent to the Fisher-Zadrima camp.

1986 – Her husband Gjergj dies.

August 1991 – After the fall of communism she is reunited with the rest of the family at their home in Shkodra.

19 March, 2013 – She dies peacefully at home in Shkodra.