![“After the ’90s, when I was Chief of Personnel at the Berat Police Station, my colleague I.S. told me how they had once eavesdropped on me at the Malinati spring, where I had said about Enver [Hoxha]…”/ The testimony of the former political prisoner.](https://memorie.al/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/admin-ajax-4-350x250.jpg)
“Some vagabond communists, like A. Çarçani, N. Profi, F. Shehu, M. Qilimi, I. Panduku, etc., who worked in the Directorate of PTT (Post, Telegraph, and Telephone) in Tirana, assassinated the engineer, Dr. L. Zojzi and…” / Rare accusation from Melbourne
Memorie.al / Two centuries-old plane trees on a stump named after Zef Zorba, next to the Kir river, which continues...
“Although they knew his worth, as he worked as much as four people, the Institute’s leaders did not give him any scientific title or degree, they never sent him abroad, because…” / The unknown story of Palok Daka!
By Prof. Assoc. Dr. Thanas L. GJIKA Memorie.al / During my years of work at the Institute of Linguistics and...
“When they asked Mihallaq Ziçishti to let me play with ‘Partizani’, he told them: ‘As long as the pistol (or: gun) that Enver Hoxha gave me is working, you, Vaso…’” / The rare testimony of the Korça football legend
Part Two Memorie.al / Who wouldn't want to return today to those years of the last century, to recall the...
“In this way, Kadare has managed to create a narrative that transcends the specific tragedy of Albania and…”/ Unknown writing in the ‘New York Times’ by Leonie Caldecott, 1987
Memorie.al / Undeniably, Ismail Kadare’s work, Chronicle in Stone, has been universally appreciated across all periods. This fact is proven...
“Minister Balluku liked the folk songs of Central Albania, and my father would accompany him with a violin in these family evenings, where a little alcohol was consumed…”/ The rare testimony of the well-known writer
From Fatos Kongoli Memorie.al / Almost fifty years have passed. Even before the literary and artistic fury had subsided, another...
“The ‘Heroes of Vigu’ were killed neither by the people nor by the Kapidan (Chieftain), as is sometimes written in the style of yesterday’s propaganda, because such a murder, for Mirdita, would be…”/ The reflections of the well-known publicist
Memorie.al / The story of the "Heroes of Vigu" do not seem to have ended -The story of the Heroes...
“In Korçë, I started with boxing, then with athletics, but when I went to Tirana, in the enterprises’ championship, with the Automobile Park team, ‘usta’ Zihni Gjinali called me…”/ The rare testimony of the football legend
First Part Memorie.al / Who wouldn't want to return to those years of the last century, to recall the impressive...
“The telegram from the Deputy Chief of Police of Korça, sent to his superior in Paris, Captain Vot, woke up the Albanian delegation…”/ The story of Captain Blloshmi, who saved Korça from the Greek occupation
Memorie.al / Selahudin Blloshmi were the son of the renowned patriot Hajdar Blloshmi (1860-1936). Hajdar had been a French language...