“Now, what are we going to do with Bedri Spahiu, are we going to keep him in or are we going to release him? I talked to Mehmet and Tishenko, who…”/ Enver Hoxha’s discussion in the Bureau after the Tirana Conference in ’56
From Alma Mile Memorie.al / It seemed as if spring was near. Many were those who spoke up, who raised...
“The patrons of Socialist Realism have similarly raised a cult for Dostoevsky, and the Moscow ‘Lenin’ Library, the Leningrad Library, organized…”/ New book by journalist and diplomat Bashkim Trenova
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“The Party Committee in Vlora was committed to having the Cham ensemble go to the Gjirokastra Festival, but the Greeks had filmed a concert at ‘Flag Square’ and…”/ The rare testimony of the former artistic director
From Ergys Alushi Part Two Memorie.al / “The history of a city is not two or three dates. The history...
Calendar May 10, 2026
1940 - During World War II, Iceland is invaded by the United Kingdom. The invasion was carried out because the...
“An interesting creation, the antithesis of Musaraj’s ‘Epic of the National National Front’, can be considered the poem ‘The Embrace of Two Opponents’ by Hekuran Zhiti…”/ Unknown study by Prof. Agim Vinca
By Visar Zhiti Part Four Plaques and Sacks...! Follows from the previous issue IN THE WAR AND POST-WAR...
“He was in agony, he was just squeezing my hand, which I tried to calm him down with, but once he fell into a state of calm and gave up the ghost. I made a sign for him and then two policemen came…”/ How did they strangle Injac Baqli in the Sigurimi cells?!
Memorie.al / Injac Baqli were born in Shkodër in 1915. He was an employee at the Albanian State Bank in...
“Russian literature before the October Revolution is typified by nationalism and Great Russian chauvinism, as Russian authors such as Gogol, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky…”/ New book by journalist and diplomat Bashkim Trenova
By Bashkim Trenova Part Five NAZIBOLSHEVISM – LITERATURE AND THE ARTS ...
“One day Petrit Hakani, the head of the Internal Affairs Branch, called me and said; you will work for us and if one word comes out of your mouth, you will be fired, because…”/ The rare testimony of the former veteran photographer of Vlora
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1945 - At the end of World War II, the last German surrender instrument is signed at the Soviet headquarters...