Marie Tuçi passed away in a Shkodër hospital. She was born in the village of Ndërfushaz (Mirdita), in 1928. After finishing school in 1946, abbot Frano Gjini sent her to the Mirdita school as a teacher. At the same time, Maria entered the path of faith, being more and more close to the Catholic Church, where she was serving. Marie Tuçi was arrested on August 10, 1949. After a reprisal of the communist system of that time, born from the execution of Bardhok Biba, secretary of the Communist Party in Mirdita, the most famous families of this area were sentenced, including that of Gjonmarkaj, which Marie belonged to. They take her violently and send her to the interrogation room. She was personally tortured by the head of Shkodra’s investigation, Hilmi Seiti. The most inhumane torture against Marie Tuçi, which was seen by dozens of witnesses, was that after stripping her, they put her in a sack together with a wild cat, violently assaulting the cat with strong tools, so much so that Maria was sent to the hospital in a serious condition, where, after a few days, she died as a result of physical and psychological violence. (In the photo: Marie Tuçi)
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