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World Service,1 min

‘What a Horrible Life we have Had’

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Maria Margaronis goes into the former headquarters of Albania’s secret police and discovers the listening devices and hidden cameras used to eavesdrop on citizens lives. The house of leaves is being turned into a museum chronicling Enver Hoxa’s brutal Stalinist regime. (Photo: Recording Machines used by the Sigurimi, Albania’s Former Secret Police)

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