TIRANA, April 12/ATA/ – A team from the Authority for Information on Former State Security Documents, headed by the chairwoman, Dr. Gentiana Sula, held a meeting with representatives of the Albanian community living in Rome, who got acquainted with the work of the Authority and its mission in casting a light into the communist past.
Likewise, Sula acquainted them with the agreement signed with the Institute of European-Mediterranean History, which aims to re-examine the history between the two countries through the study of documents by groups of researchers, within the framework of joint projects.
Among those present was Aldo Terruzi, the son of Giusepe Terruzi, the employee of the Italian Commercial Bank in Vlora, who disappeared in 1947 in the Burrel prison, where he was serving his sentence after the political accusations of the newly established regime in the country.
For 30 years, Aldo Terruzi has been looking for his father’s remains, like about 200 others who have submitted request to the Authority to clarify the fate of their missing family members.
During the meeting, Terruzi filled out the form for the missing and got acquainted with the new legal changes, as well as the steps taken by the Authority regarding the issue of the missing.
Among the participants was Keti Koçi Currani, an emigrant from the early 1990s transition, which comes from a family with a history of suffering in the country’s communist past. She familiarized herself with the procedures for applying for information to the Authority and filled out the relevant form.
Attending the meeting were: Rovena Sakja, activist in the field of archives interested in further studies of the documents of the former State Security, lawyer Saverio Kashuri, interested in clarifying the past in the plan of violation of human rights under communism, as well as researcher Alma Hado. /p.s./
