Historical Calendar January 12
1944 - Fatos Kongoli, Albanian writer and mathematician, was born in Elbasan. Kongoli studied mathematics, partly in Beijing, partly in...
“In ’82 in Spaç, I was asked to go to the Operative’s office and I was surprised that with him was also my childhood friend, Kujtimi from Durrësi, who…”/ The rare testimony of the ex- Navy officer
By Maksim Rakipaj Part sixteen Memorie.al/ Maksim Rakipaj, originally from Përmet, whose family had helped and supported the Anti-Fascist National...
“Comrades, last night we received a big blow, for us and all the Marxist-Leninists of the world, Khrushchev was dismissed from his functions…”/ Enver Hoxha’s political diary, and the Russian secret archives, October ’64
By Mark BRUNGA Memorie.al / The October plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union...
“In ’68, at the trial, when they asked the father; why were you holding the revolver, he said; I wanted to kill some communists, here in Bilisht, and I told them the names…”/ The rare testimony of the 69-year-old. Muhamet Gjyli, from Devolli
Memorie.al / Muhamet Gjyli, originally from Bilishti in the province of Devolli in Korça, witnesses the life of an "enemy's...
Historical Calendar January 11
1908 - Created in the US, Grand Canyon National Monument, Arizona. The Grand Canyon National Park, located in northwest Arizona,...
“When they accused him in court, for; sabotage of the works where he had worked, he said; I am for the construction and not for the destruction of Albania…”/ The unknown story of the talented engineer, Xhaferr Agaraj
By Keze Kozeta Zylo -As a tribute to the former political prisoner of Spaçi, prominent son of Arrëza e Madhe,...
“In Macukull te Matit, the first battle of the anti-communist forces took place, against the partisan brigade of Shefqet Peç, where Bilal Kola, Sali and Xhemal Vata…”/ How was the war of July ’44 erased from history…? !
By Ilir Vata Memorie.al / The biggest armed clash between the nationalists and Shefqet Peçi's gang in Macukull, was left...
“After we treated him from his wounds, ‘Sakipi’ flew away, joining them with the herd, and that day in the yard, fish and eels fell from the sky…”/ The incredible event, in the Kripore Camp of Vlora, in ’65
By Maksim Rakipaj Part fifteen Memorie.al/ Maksim Rakipaj, originally from Përmet, whose family had helped...
Historical Calendar January 10
1863 - The Metropolitan Railway, which is at the same time the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and...
“When Nexhmija and Ramiz came for the Congress of the Front in Vlora, they slept at Enver’s villa, but the next day, Semiramiz came early…”/ The rare testimony of the former head of the leadership ‘Block’
From Bardhyl Berberi "When Enver's villa was being reconstructed, the two sons' daughters-in-law, Teuta and Liljana, fought over hair, over...