Kristina Markagjoni
Kristina Markagjoni
Thirty years in concentration and labor camps.
Arrest/Internment History
November 1944 – She takes refuge with the family of Ndok Gjeloshi in Shkodra.
March 1945 – She is arrested and held under house arrest at the home of Guljelm Luka, Shkoder.
July 1945-She is deported to the restricted city of Berat.
March 1947 – She is detained by the Secret Police and sent to hard labor in Kuçovë.
April 1949 – She returns to Berat.
May 1949 – She is transferred to the concentration camp in Tepelene.
1952-1953 – She is sent to work in a tile factory in Kamez, Tirana.
Early 1954 – She is transferred back to Tepelene.
May 1954– She is transferred to the labor camp in Saver, Lushnje.
June 1968 – She is transferred to the labor camp in Gjaze, Lushnje.
January 1975 – She marries Gjovalin Vata and is released. They relocate to Shkoder where she would perform hard labor in a cement factory until her retirement.
August 1991 – After the fall of communism she is reunited with the rest of the family at their home in Shkodra.
August 8, 2022 – She dies peacefully in Shkodra.


