Marta (Ruta) Markagjoni
Marta Markagjoni
(Wife of Kapidan Mark Gjon Marku)
Thirty years in concentration and work camps.
Arrest/Internment History
November 1944 – She takes refuge in the home Ndok Gjeloshi in Shkodra.
March 1945 – She is arrested and held under house arrest in the home of Guljelm Luka in Shkodra.
July 1945 – She is deported to the restricted city of Berat.
May 1947 – Sh is transferred to the district of Prrue, Berat.
October 1947 – She is transferred back to the restricted city of Berat.
May 1949 – She is transferred to the concentration camp in Tepelene.
May 1954 – She is transferred to the labor camp in Saver, Lushnja.
June 1968 – She is transferred to the labor camp in Gjaze, Lushnja.
December 24, 1974 – She dies in Gjaze, Lushnja.
Marta Markagjoni was the wife of Kapidan Mark Gjon Marku and mother to their three children: Kristina, Celestina, and Gjon Mark. Marta developed lower extremity paralysis in Berat in 1947 and remained unable to walk for the remainder of her life.
