Mirela Pema
Mirela Pema
allowed caught communism foreign hard life listen music outside sent
Communism was a very hard life for everybody. We were not allowed to listen to music from other countries. They did not want us to know about the outside world. If you were caught with foreign newspapers, you were sent to jail.
border cross guards leave shoot tried
You could not leave the country. If you tried to cross the border and got caught, the border guards would shoot you.
carrying change communism country democratic good left people weapons
We had to leave. Many people were carrying weapons and there were robberies. There had been a change in governments from communism to a democratic government. We left our country to come here because this country had good opportunities.