Calendar February 22, 2026
1942 - Stefan Zweig dies at age 60 in Petropolis. Zweig was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist, and biographer. At...
“When Pal Zefi asked, ‘Is there any Albanian left alive to defend the honor of the Albanian?’, Pavllo Popa and Paulin Vata…” / Reflections of the journalist on the anniversary of the Spaç Revolt
Memorie.al / “Is there any Albanian left alive to defend the honor of the Albanian?!” This was the cry for...
“When during a conversation at the bookstore, a discussion arose on whether a person could be called an intellectual simply because they had a university degree, Alizoti disagreed and told them…” / The testimony of the son of Gjirokastra’s famous bookseller.
Part Sixteen Excerpts from the book: ‘ALIZOT EMIRI - The Man, the Library, and Noble Wit’ ...
“After the bust of Comrade Enver Hoxha was placed, destructive forces carried out a counter-protest, hitting law enforcement with stones and firearms…” / Secret reports from February 20, ’91, for Tirana and the districts are revealed.
Nga DASHNOR KALOÇI Part one Memorie.al / Exactly 35 years ago, on February 20, 1991, thousands of citizens from Tirana...
“They attempted to baptize Migjeni as the ‘first authentic representative of socialist realism’ in Albanian literature; he was used as a ‘scapegoat,’ but…” / Reflections of the renowned Professor of Aesthetics.
By Prof. Alfred Uçi Part One - Migjeni, in the Whirlwind of Untruths and Speculations - Memorie.al / “At...
Calendar February 21, 2026
1916 - During World War I, the Battle of Verdun begins, the battle was the longest of World War I...