Koçi Xoxe

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Koçi Xoxe (pronounced [kɔtʃi dzɔdzɛ], 1917–June 11, 1949) was the Defence and Interior Minister of Albania for some time under Enver Hoxha until he was purged for "pro-Yugoslav activities" after Tito broke relations with Hoxha's ally, Stalin. After a secret trial in May 1949, Xoxe was executed. He was one of the first victims of the showtrials outside the Soviet Union where he had to admit that he was working for the British intelligence and that he was a conspirator with Tito. Xoxe was hanged in July 1949.^[1]

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