“When the Iranian ambassador of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Alinaghi Said Ansari, shook hands with Haxhi Lleshi in Tirana and…”/ Rare photos of March 1973
Memorie.al / The history of communist Albania's international relations is filled with behind-the-scenes intrigue and unexpected turns, where often ideology...
“I would consider the beautiful saleswoman with sky-blue eyes at the flower shop one of the first ‘broadway girls’, but other girls also came to that street, like…”/ The story of the famous street that Kadare immortalized in his works
Memorie.al / Anyone who sees his youth photographs today finds it impossible to believe that he was an Albanian boy...
Calendar May 08, 2026
1921 - Ali Sokoli, a well-known Albanian pulmonologist, was born in Rahovec. In the spring of 1946 he was denounced...
“The partisans had orders to burn the houses of their opponents, of those who had property, but who had studied and had rooms full of books throughout Europe…”/ Reflections of a former political prisoner
By Visar Zhiti Part Two Continued from the previous issue Memory plaques and sacks...! Memorie.al /The year 1439...
“After their brother, Abdulla, was shot, their sister, Hajria, Qazim Mulleti’s wife, with their son, Reshti, were interned in Myzeqe, while Hysen, 10 years in prison…”/ The story of the famous footballer of Sport-Klub “Tirana”
Memorie.al / The glory of Hysen Kusi, nicknamed Dake, as the winner of the first Albanian championship with Tirana in...
“In German Nazi literature, Hitler is portrayed as the new Messiah, as a savior, as the Christ of our century, to whom everyone must blindly obey…”/ New book by journalist and diplomat Bashkim Trenova
By Bashkim Trenova Part Three NAZIBOLSHEVISM – LITERATURE AND THE ARTS FOREWORD Memorie.al / Historians, political philosophers, intellectuals...
Calendar May 07, 2026
1920 - The Treaty of Moscow is officially signed, in which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic...
“The Monster” was published and then banned, during the Stalinist period there were writers like Bulgakov, Maldestam, Anna Akmatova, who…”/ Unknown interview with Kadare in “La Stampa”, May 2010
From DOMENICO QUIRICO Memorie.al / “To truly free themselves from the past, the authorities in Albania need the truth, the...