This time, Vatra has brought back memories of a not-so-distant past during the dictatorship, when the iron border and the thorny clone separated entire families for life, separated mothers from daughters and sons, separated brothers and sisters, separated mothers from fathers, separated children from parents. This separation was even more tragic for the two Dibras, Dibra e Madhe and Dibra e Vogël, which were separated not only by the state border, but also by the clone. Dibra with one name and two surnames, Dibra e Madhe and Dibra e Vogël, separated by the state borders of Albania and North Macedonia, is one of the most beautiful places in the lands inhabited by Albanians. But also one of the places with the saddest history. We have set off from the southeast of Albania, towards Struga and then Dibra e Madhe, having most of the time a meandering mirror of the Black Drin, which flows majestically creating large spaces, in a deep blue and green color. A little further down, we see the city known for the 9 Mountains of Dibra and the Black Drin River, with all its impressive branches. The name of the city is mentioned since the fifth century BC by Herodotus, and later in the first century AD by Strabo and Pliny. The Balkan Wars of 1912-13 were unfortunate for the city that had fought to free itself once and for all from the invaders. Dibra was handed over to the Serbo-Croatian-Slovenian kingdom as a reward after the First World War. In the period 1915-1918 it was occupied by the Bulgarians and from 1929 to 1941, it was part of the Kingdom of the First Yugoslavia. During the fascist occupation, it was a protectorate of Italy and with the capitulation of Italy, it fell into the hands of Germany. In 1944, after two months of war, between the anti-fascist National Liberation Front and German forces, the communists led by Haxhi Lleshi, liberated the city on August 30, 1944. The establishment of communism in Albania and Yugoslavia, returned Dibra to Yugoslavia. The city and the surrounding area, which had been the main crossroads where the Via Egnatia passed, remained isolated and with few livelihoods while most of its villages remained in the part inside Albania. The greatest tragedy remains the violent establishment of the border between the two Dibras, especially after the Second World War, which divided people for life. It separated mothers from daughters and sons, it separated brothers and sisters, it separated mother from father, it separated children from parents and parents from children. This suffering was also added to the cruelty of the communist dictatorship in Albania. We cross to the other side of the border, inside Albania, where Zenel Capa, from the family of Mexhi Capa, awaits us at the border, in Bllatë. Zenel's uncles live on the other side of the border and he did not manage to see them until the 90s. The border between the two Dibras was terrifying during the dictatorship. Barbed wire and a word that the younger generations do not know and the older ones have tried to forget, clone. The houses were up to 3 meters close to the clone and they had to warn even when their pets crossed it. We follow Zenel along the entire line of the clone, which included the village within it, but the lands to be worked were outside the barbed wire. The clone had so-called gates from which farmers with special permits would leave at 7 in the morning and return at 7 in the evening under the watchful eye of border guards. The two Dibras have suffered a lot, from dictatorship, from communism, from Yugoslavia, and from the road, which winds terribly through the mountains. If the Arbri Road had been completed as promised, Dibra and the people of Dibra would have Tirana an hour and a half away. Now we walk for hours to reach the bustling Albanian capital. The other capital, which once had an Albanian majority, Skopje, is 131 km away. In any case, Tirana is the closest city, always when the Arbri Road is completed. Both Dibras need to demolish this remaining clone, the dangerous road that connects the mountains more than the inhabited areas. The authorities have promised that the road will be built and it seems that work is being done on it. But as a wise Dibrani saying goes, "from what is said to what is done, there is a mountain of ours", which if we were to go a little further south, they would say, from what is said to what is done, there is a whole mountain in between. For the latest information click: Web: http://abcnews.al/ Facebook: / abcnews.al Instagram: / abcnewsal Subscribe to our channel on: youtube: / abcalbanian #abcnews #abcnewsalbania For the latest information click: Web: http://abcnews.al/ Facebook: / abcnews.al Instagram: / abcnewsal Subscribe to our channel on: youtube: / abcalbanian #abcnews #abcnewsalbania