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Banishing God in Albania : the prison memoirs of Giacomo Gardin.
- Title
- Banishing God in Albania : the prison memoirs of Giacomo Gardin.
- Author
- Gardin, Giacomo.
- Publication
- San Francisco : Ignatius Press, ©1988.
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Details
- Description
- 165 p. : ill.; 19 cm.
- Summary
- In 1945, just after Hoxha assumed the position of Prime Minister of Albania and made it his mission to rid the country of any and all Christian influence, Fr. Giacomo Gardin, a Jesuit missionary priest, was arrested and imprisoned. For ten years he labored in freezing temperatures and tropical heat until his eventual release and deportation to Italy.
- Uniform Title
- Dieci anni di prigionia in Albania, 1945-1955. English
- Alternative Title
- Dieci anni di prigionia in Albania, 1945-1955.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Church history.
- History.
- Autobiographie 1945-1955.
- Erlebnisbericht.
- Note
- Translation of: Dieci anni di prigionia in Albania, 1945-1955.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 165).
- Contents
- Presentation of the author. -- Foreword / Gjon Sinishta. -- Preface / Paolo Dezza, S.J. -- I. The arrest and trial. And then it became dark -- What caused it -- Before the People's Tribunal -- In the old prison of Shkodra. -- II. The situation of the Church. The Jesuit tragedy -- The clash with the Catholic Church -- The fate of the Albanian Jesuits -- The new state. -- III. The prison. Life in prison -- The labor camps -- The Beden labor camp (1948) -- Another storm breaks -- Life was not always monotonous -- The long hand of Providence. -- IV. The concentration camp. From the prison to the concentration camp -- Back to work -- Building the Vlora prison -- "... They forced them to make clay bricks" (Ex. 1:14) -- The vise loosens -- The final act of the drama. -- V. Epilogue. -- Appendix A: Excerpts from the 1976 Constitution of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania. -- Appendix B: Excerpt from With Stalin by Enver Hoxha. -- Appendix C: Papal letter. -- Appendix D: Sermon at Saint Ignatius Church. -- Appendix E: Recommended reading.
- ISBN
- 9898702208 (pbk.) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 88081614
- OCLC
- ocm19321280
- 19321280
- SCSB-1222222
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library