According to the latest statistics, 53 British troops, most of them intelligence agents, lost their lives in Albania during WWII. This small cemetery features the graves of 46 of them, and was established by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission only in 1995, their sacrifice being long suppressed from the historical Albanian narrative. There's an official ceremony here every year on May 8. Nearby the graves stands a red stone memorial to the servicemen - this was originally the stone on top of Enver Hoxha’s grave in the National Martyrs’ Cemetery, and you can still see the holes that once held a plaque etched with Hoxha’s name in gold letters. To find it, walk south to the end of Rr. Ibrahim Rugova and enter the park taking the path uphill that branches to the left and keep looking left as you reach the top of the hill.
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