"Happy birthday, go back to the zoo"/ Little boy wishes Rama from protest
Also present at today's protest was a little boy, who also...
Also present at today's protest was a little boy, who also...

What's it like to grow up as the children of dictators? Amidst absolute power, constant fear, and limitless luxury, the children of the most ruthless people in history lived lives that were often as dramatic as their parents' regimes. From broken loves and family betrayals, to isolation, violence, and personal tragedies — their stories reveal a shocking reality: absolute power spares no one, not even its own blood. From Mussolini to Mao, this is the dark side of the families who ruled the world with fear.
In the late 1960s, the Duval family, which ruled Haiti, was torn apart by a bitter conflict between two of its men. Francois “Papa Doc” Duval, the patriarch of the family and the country’s brutal leader, arrested 19 friends of one of his sons-in-law.
He then ordered his son-in-law, Max Dominik, the husband of his daughter, Marie-Denis, to join the 19 others on a long journey. Marie-Denis was certain that her husband was heading for his death. She followed the caravan in her car, and swore to herself that if her husband was killed, she would “shoot his father with a pistol, which she had hidden in the back seat.”
Dominic survived, although he was forced to participate in the murder of his friends. Jay Nordlinger's book "Children of Monsters" examines the lives of the children of 20 brutal dictators, revealing that while some followed in their father's footsteps, others lived amidst normalcy and great privilege.
Children of dictators: Nicolae Ceausescu, Romania (1965-1989)
His son, Valentin, became a respected physicist; his daughter, Zoia, a mathematician. Both were later imprisoned on charges of “destruction of the national economy” and “corruption.” Zoia was also a nymphomaniac, obsessed with sex, and who “drank alcohol like a fish.”
Both children distanced themselves from their father's horrific violence. But not Ceausescu's youngest son, Niku. "By his mid-teens, he had become an out-of-control alcoholic and rapist," Nordlinger writes.
“He raped with complete will, and his will was wild and irresponsible. He had complete freedom to do anything, without any kind of punishment.” Niku began representing Romania at official meetings with North Korea and China, and inexplicably, was named leader of the year at the International Youth Conference, organized by the UN in 1985.
Kur Çaushesku u rrëzua nga pushteti në vitin 1989 – ai dhe bashkëshortja u vranë nga një skuadër pushkatimi – Zoia dhe Valentin u arrestuan, por u liruan pas 10 muajsh. Niku, që i kishte kaluar të gjitha ato vite me abuzime, u dënua me 20 vjet burg. Por bëri vetëm 3 vite, dhe vdiq nga ciroza e mëlçisë në moshën 45-vjeçare.
Fëmijët e diktatorëve: Mao Ce Dun, Kinë (1945-1976)
Mao kishte zyrtarisht 10 fëmijë. Disa vdiqën në moshë të re, dhe mjeku i tij personal shkroi më vonë: “Unë nuk e pashë kurrë, të shprehë ndonjë emocion për këto tragjedi!”. Mao pati 3 tre djem me gruan e tij të dytë, Jang Kaihui, e cila u vra në rrugë në moshën 29-vjeçare, pasi nuk pranoi të ndahej prej tij.
Djemtë u zhvendosën në Shangai, ku jetuan thuajse rrugëve. Më i riu vdiq nga dizenteria kur ishte vetëm 4-vjeç, ndërsa të tjerët shisnin gazeta për të mbijetuar. Ata emigruan më pas në Bashkimin Sovjetik, ku Stalini i përdori si një mjet presioni kundër Maos për 10 vjet me rradhë.
Më i madhi, Anying, iu bashkua të atit kur ishte 23-vjeç. Mao e dërgoi atë në një kamp pune, në mënyrë që ta bënte “një njeri më të mirë të proletariatit”.
Duke u gjendur shpesh në lëvizje, për shkak të rivaliteteve dhe luftrave, Mao krijoi një model edhe më të tmerrshëm me gruan e tij të tretë, He Zizhen, duke e detyruar të lindte fëmije dhe më pas t’i braktiste ato. Gjatë viteve 1929- 1935, ajo lindi 4 herë.
Njëri vdiq, të tjerët u braktisën. Me kalimin e kohës, Mao mori një grua tjetër, pa i thënë asgjë gruas që kishte. Mao pati këtë herë 2 vajza, Li Na dhe Li Min, të cilët treguan se sa të ndryshëm mund të jenë fëmijët e një diktatori. Li Na, ishte vajza e babait të saj, pasi ajo “hakmarrej ndaj cilitdo që konsiderohej si jo shumë i bindur”.
Gjatë Revolucionit Kulturor, Nordlinger vëren se një mik i Li Na u plagos në një kamp torturash pas një zënke. Li Na u dërgua nga babai i saj në një “institucion ridedukimi”, ku “puna e vështirë bujqësore, kombinohej me studime ideologjike”. Nga ana tjetër, Li Min, u përpoq të bënte jetën më normale në rrethanat e mundshme.
Ajo ishte e përulur, e butë, e martuar pa bujë, dhe kishte 2 fëmijë. Ajo u përpoq të kishte një farë marrëdhënie me babanë e saj, por pa asnjë dobi. “Li Min shkoi disa herë tek dera e kompleksit rezidencial të babait të saj, por ai refuzoi ta takonte. Ajo pësoi një shok nervor, dhe vuajti për vite më rradhë nga depresioni”.
Benito Musolini, Itali (1922-1943)
Benito Musolini, kishte zyrtarisht 5 fëmijë. Aq e madhe ishte dashuria e Musolinit për fëmijën më të madh, vajzën Eda, sa që kur ajo u martua me Galeaco Çianon, Musolini “e ndoqi deri tek makinën e tij, ndërsa të porsamartuarit po niseshin për muajin e mjaltit”. Ajo në fund e ndali, dhe i kërkoi të kthehej pas.
At the end of the war, when the defeat of the Axis powers seemed inevitable, Ciano, then a member of the Fascist Grand Council, joined an initiative to remove Mussolini from power. Later, when Hitler temporarily restored Mussolini to power in Italy, people who voted against him, including Ciano, were sentenced to death.
Eda did everything to save her husband's life, begging her father to forgive her, but when Mussolini had a chance to deal with his case, Ciano was shot by the Germans on January 11, 1944. The bond between father and daughter was broken. Eda wrote to him: "You are no longer my father. I renounce the surname Mussolini!"
The Italian leader was shocked, and some people claim that he never recovered from that episode. But there are also cases when the children of dictators lead normal lives. For example, Mussolini's son, Romano, became a jazz pianist. He married Sophia Loren's sister, and toured the world with his band "Romano Mussolini All Stars", playing alongside famous singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie. / Bota.al
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