The Albanians in Yugoslavia 1944-1959: A Difficult Integration
The Albanians in Yugoslavia 1944-1959: A Difficult Integration

Author(s): Zoran Janjetović
Subject(s): Political history, Social history, Government/Political systems, Politics and society, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, Inter-Ethnic Relations
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: The Albanians in Yugoslavia; 1944-1959; Communist Party of Yugoslavia;
Summary/Abstract: The Albanians in the inter-war Yugoslavia were an unwanted and unwilling national minority. They became subjects of the Kingdom of Serbia in 1912 and then of Yugoslavia in 1918. They were unhappy to be Yugoslavia’s citizens and the Yugoslav authorities weren’t happy to have such citizens. It is not true that they weren’t recognized as a national minority (as it is often claimed), but it is true that they were denied most of the rights other national minorities were accorded. In other words, the Yugoslav powers-that-be never made an attempt to win the Albanians over for the new state. The most they did was to make deals with part of the Albanian élite.

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