Why Does Albania Have Hundreds of Thousands of Bunkers?

About this episode

This episode explores the history and current use of the concrete bunkers built in Albania during the Cold War under dictator Enver Hoxha.

When Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha started building concrete bunkers during the Cold War, it was part paranoia and part propaganda. Learn more about these mysterious bunkers and how they're being repurposed today in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/european-history/albania-bunkers.htm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• Albania
• bunkers
• Cold War
• Enver Hoxha
• paranoia
• propaganda
• repurposing

Keywords

• Albania
• bunkers
• Cold War
• Enver Hoxha
• history
• repurposing
• propaganda

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Albania

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