“On the steps of the plane that was going to take us to Leipzig, a soldier who arrived on a motorcycle told me; you, you,

January 18, 2023

From Uvil Zajmi Memorie.al / Always at the head...

“Awestruck by the music of the orchestra, the Czech and Bulgarian prime ministers approached there and after congratulating them, they told Mehmet Shehu…”/ How did the Prime Minister condemn the “Bitëlls” of Pogradec…?

From Bardhyl Berberi - The unknown story of the five Darova brothers, virtuoso musicians who drove foreign tourists crazy in...

“In Washington, they thought that such figures could be; Kupi, from the birders, Dilo, from the ‘Balli Kombëtar’ or Vërlaci, from the ‘Independent Bloc’…”/ How the attempts to overthrow Enver Hoxha failed

Dr. Stavri J. Dajo Memorie.al / It were necessary to find those suitable figures that would unite these groups, square...

“He was born in Ukraine and graduated in Berlin, but he made his contribution in Albania, as a teacher in the high schools of the country…”/ The unknown story of the versatile sportsman, who died in exile

By Dr. Iljaz Gogaj - Why did the great gym teacher, who was born in exile, return to Albania...

Historical Calendar January 18

1919 - Officially opens, Paris Peace Conference, France. The Paris Peace Conference, also known as the Versailles Peace Conference, was...

Rare photos of Shefqet Peçi’s nephew killed in sensational escape from jail in 1967, and sketch sceme of his prosecutor.

“When they came and communicated to me in the cell there in Burrel, that my life had been spared and my sentence was reduced to 25 years, I was honestly upset, as…”/ The rare confession of the legend of communist prisons

From Shpendi Topollaj Memorie.al / With those who have spent a large part of their lives in prison, something strange...

“Foreign tourists looked as if they came from another planet and Hotel ‘Dajti’ had turned into the ‘Headquarters’ of the State Security, as there…”/ Memories of the former RTSH journalist from France

By Vasil Qesari Memorie.al / At that time, many, many years ago, we were a group of fellow students of...

“In December of ’81, after the suicide of Mehmet Shehu, when I asked my brother, Feçor,…he told me…”/ The unknown testimony of the sister of the former minister who was shot and the body of his was walled in…!

By Manjola Bregasi Memorie.al / Victim or executioner!? More than a mystery, it...

Historical Calendar January 17

1468 - Died Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu, a nobleman and Albanian military leader. Skanderbeg always signed himself as Lord of Arbëria,...

“At the trial, Alfred M. appeared as a witness, and my investigator, Arqile D., after ’90, when I was the director of the Drenova prison, came to me for an inspection…”/ The rare testimony of the former the convicts from Maliqi

“In the prison of Burrel, there were two criminal policemen, who beat me with a chain, so much so that I lost my sight, and they were called…” The shocking testimony of the former non-commissioned officer from Tropoja, who suffered 26 years in a cell