Historical Calendar May 12
1920 - Born in the neighborhood "Murat Çelepi" in Berat Vexhi Buharaja, Albanian writer, orientalist, epigraphist and translator from Ottoman...
Historical Calendar May 11
1943 - During World War II, US troops invade the Aleutian island of Attu in an attempt to oust Japanese...
“Drandja Jakja, you dug with your fingers, took out the buried boy, three months ago, wrapped that unspoiled face with a sheet and returned to the silo, where…”/ The incredible story of the Tepelena Camp
From Lujeta Progni Memorie.al / Drane Jakja, is a name unknown to most Albanians. He passed away at the age...
“From Çelo Arrëza, Bilo Bregu and Çize Hamitaj, to Xhipe Mersini, Metush Rrapo, etc., illiterate or with primary education, ex-growers, farmers, and carpenters, who…”/ The book ‘Camps and prisons of communist Albania ‘, of the well-known historian
By Kastriot Dervishi Memorie.al / In this part, I have briefly selected some biographical fragments of some of the commanders,...
Historical Calendar May 10
1940 - During World War II, Iceland is invaded by the United Kingdom. The invasion was carried out because the...
“Petro Marko used to say that; if he knew that Albania would be placed under the communist dictatorship of Enver Hoxha, he would stay in the West, where…”/ The rare testimony of the grandson of the famous writer
By Stavri Marko Memorie.al / Petro Marko was born in Dhërmi in 1913. His childhood was spent in his...
“How was the colleague of Kristoforidi, who accompanied the famous German albanologist, Johannes Georg von Hahn, erased from Albanian historiography…”/ The unknown history of Dr. Apostle Meksi
By Prof. Dr. Fedhon Meksi Memorie.al / Chronologically and not only, after Dr. Vangjel Meksi (1770 - 1823), one of...
Historical Calendar May 09
1945 - At the end of World War II, the last German surrender instrument is signed at the Soviet headquarters...
“When I was little, I remember the room at the end of the corridor, where I was strictly forbidden to enter, because there…”/ Rare evidence of the last pin of the famous dynasty, Marubi
By Rudina Lazari Memorie.al / "Ah, if only one of the Marubs had been alive". This is what he is...
“When I got out of prison, no one spoke to me, they changed paths, only Kadareja met me, after shouting at me from afar in front of the 15th floor, while Agolli with Alfred Uçi…”/ The rare testimony of Maks Velo
From Blendi Fevziu Velo: "Agolli had gathered the young writers of Devolli in Dardha, who were all Muslims, and after...