TIRANA, Albania — When the Rev. Shtjefen Kurti, a 73-year-old Catholic priest, was executed in 1971 for performing a baptism, the Communist authorities didn’t bother to inform his family. Only when his brother tried to take food to him in prison did he learn the priest’s fate.

“Don’t come back,” a guard told the brother. “He won’t be needing it anymore.” Continue reading “As Albania Reckons With Its Communist Past, Critics Say It’s Too Late” →