Politika e shtetit komunist shqiptar ndaj minoriteteve në Shqipëri (1944-1948)
The politics of the Albanian Communist Government on minorities in Albania (1944 - 1948)

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to analyze the main directions of the politics led the Albanian government, on minorities that live in Albania. It emphasizes the fact that, due to the small specific spread of these minorities in the Albanian society, they did not constitute a disturbing subject for the Albanian government. In consequence, the Albanian communist government did not compile any specific political platform concerning the minorities. The politics of the Albanian government on minorities were based on the principles of the proletarian internationalism and were drawn depending on the specific situations that would appear. During the years 1944 - 1948, just as during the period between the two World Wars, the concerns and politics of the Albanian government were concentrated on the Greek minority, not only due to its being the largest minority in the country, but also due to the specificities that it presented. The principal directions of the politics of the Albanian government on minorities are analyzed in the article categorized in three groups: The State of Albania aimed to create the necessary conditions for the integration of the minorities in the political, economic and cultural life of the country, by accepting them as citizens with equal rights. The State of Albania was bind to create the elements, which would guarantee the preservation of the national identity of the minorities. Despite all the incompleteness and the lacks that can be observed during this process, the Albanian government created the possibilities for an education in the native languages and the preservation of the traditional culture belonging to each minority. A particular importance was given to the establishment of politics able to eliminate the ethnic differentiation inside the country. That was a precondition for the political and social cohesion inside the communist Albania, as well.

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