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About Bernd Fischer

Bernd Fischer is a specialist in Albanian history. He is the author of Albania at War, 1939-45 (C Hurst, 1999), and Balkan Strongmen: Dictators and Authoritarian rulers of Southeast Europe (C Hurst, 2007). He is writing a biography of Enver Hoxha

Articles by Bernd Fischer

Thursday 10th June

Albania and Enver Hoxha's legacy

Bernd Fischer, 10 June 2010
Albania’s iron communist regime survived until 1990, five years after the death of its great dictator, Enver Hoxha. But the country’s political path since then is full of unburied ghosts, says Bernd Fischer.
Friday 29th June

Balkan strongmen: exit from history

Bernd Fischer, 29 June 2007
Three generations of powerful leaders dominated the politics of southeast Europe. Has the cycle run its course?
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