Memorie.al publishes two photos of the National Theater belonging to February 1946, when there was a trial against former members of the Regency during the German occupation of the country, such as Father Anton Harapi, Maliq Bushati and Lef Nosi, who were accused of “Enemies of the people”, where the square in front of the main entrance of that building is clearly visible, which is filled with hundreds of residents of the capital and curious people who attended the hearings of that court, as well as the front facade of the building which has undergone numerous changes. have been done to her over the years…
In February 1946, after several months of investigation, the communist regime of Enver Hoxha brought to trial three former members of the Regency, Father Anton Harapi, Lef Nosi and Maliq Bushati, who were accused of being “enemies of the people” and “war criminals”. because of the high positions they had held and exercised during the German occupation of the country from September ’43 until the end of the War in November ’44. While their story and that of the trial that sentenced them to death, shooting, and execution somewhere in the place called Kodra e Priftit on February 14 of that year, is already known, of interest are these rare photos that Memorie.al publishes for the first time, as it shows the building of the National Theater, which for nearly two years has been and remains in the spotlight due to the government’s decision to demolish that building and the opposition it has encountered from a large community actors and artists represented by the Alliance for the Protection of Theater, as well as hundreds and hundreds of their supporters, by residents of the capital. Which has made this building to resist to date the government decision as well as the strong earthquake of November 26 and those that followed it. As it is clear from the two photos in question, from the building of the National Theater that at that time also served as a cinema, where the trial against the “enemies of the people” was taking place, only a small part of its front facade can be seen, as well as the square in front of which is incited by many residents of the capital and curious people who attended the hearings of that sensational trial, because of the high positions held by the defendants who were “tried” there. Amidst the large crowd of people who are watching closely the exit of the defendants from the courtroom and their “arrangement” in a truck covered in the company of numerous guards, (where two of them are helping Father Anthony to get on the truck ) appear mostly armed soldiers who ensured the “smooth running of the sessions”, intellectuals, villagers with white caps, street vendors with stalls on their shoulders, workers with tools on their shoulders, small children, etc., What is noticed by this part of the Theater building, which can be clearly seen in both photos, is the front facade with a balcony over the two main entrance doors of the Theater, which no longer exists, after its demolition and destruction./Memorie.al
