Historical Calendar 26 August
1883 - The Krakatoa eruption of 1883 begins its final phase. The eruption was one of the deadliest and most...
“The day he died, after a ‘sedative medicine’ given to him by the ‘doctors’, my father left us a bottle of wine as a bequest, to drink when Enver Hoxha died…”/ The sad story of the deputy and the first communist of Shkodra
By Adrian Luka Memorie.al / Gjovalin Luka was born in Shkodër, on January 15, 1921, in a family with early...
“Sotiraq Kristo from Korça, they put him in ‘Gaz’ and in an apartment in Bilisht, they asked him to be a spy, but he resisted the Security and then informed…”/ Testimony of the Albanian-Macedonian
By Nestor Topencharov The tenth part THE DRAMA OF LIFE (THE STORY OF A FAMILY) I dedicate...
Historical Calendar 25 August
1900 - Friedrich Nietzche dies at the age of 55. Nietzche, was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet and...
“As soon as she entered the ‘Flora’ bar, where she was going to meet her cousin, Enver Hoxha approached her and after exchanging greetings, he stretched out his hands and grabbed her…”/ The unknown story of the most famous aristocrat in Albania
From Andis GJONI Memorie.al / In the summer of 1942, in the "Flora" bar in Tirana, a lady entered with...
“After they fought, the investigator took out his revolver to shoot him and Maqo jumped out of the window and overcame the wall of Dega, climbing to the terrace of a building…”/ The event in Korça in 1975, which alarmed Tirana
By Nestor Topencharov The ninth part THE DRAMA OF LIFE (THE STORY OF A FAMILY) I dedicate this...
Historical Calendar 24 August
1898 - Count Muravyov, Russia's foreign minister, presents a summary of the First Peace Conference in The Hague. The Hague...
“While the British approved the plan of the uprising under the leadership of Zogu and Abaz Kupi in Turkey, there were almost 500 forces, at the last moment, the Greek Prime Minister, Metaksai…”/ Reflections of the well-known researcher
By Erald Capri - King Zog and the attempt for a second triumph of Legality in Albania - Memorie.al /...
“Kiço, the music professor, was sentenced to 25 years in prison, accused of being an agent, after someone from the Yugoslavs, in 1946, had asked him for a map of the Korça airfield and…”/ Albanian-Macedonian testimony
By Nestor Topencharov Part eight THE DRAMA OF LIFE (THE STORY OF A FAMILY) I dedicate this...
Historical Calendar 23 August
1939 - Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. In a covert addition to...