Historical Calendar 17 October
1937 - Joseph Bruce Ismay, the wealthy oligarch and owner of the famous White Star Line company, dies at the...
Historical Calendar 16 October
1888 - Hysni Babameto was born in Gjirokastra. He was a patriot, mathematics teacher and Albanian educator, one of the...
“The Director of State Security, as soon as he saw me, ordered his subordinate to remove my hairpin and attacked me like a rabid dog, grabbing me…”/ The sad testimony of the former teacher from Tropoja
Part Two Rukie Rama: “I was not arrested like everyone else, I was stolen and sent to Tirana, where in...
“On the day of leaving Albania, to the question: how did you become bankrupt like this and are leaving Albania, Gurakuqi blushed, covering his mouth, he answered: ‘Father Anton, we…”/ The unknown story of Luigj Gurakuqi
By Dr. Vehbi Hoti Memorie.al / Luigj Gurakuqi is one of the most outstanding personalities of our patriotic, democratic, educational...
“After the pressure from the Security, to hand over the gold, Shefqet bey Tyxhari went down to the basement and with a big knife…”/ The mystery of the death of the famous philanthropist and patriot Korçar, in 1948
From Vepror Hasani -A tragic event that shook the city of "Summer Flowers" - Memorie.al / In the city of...
“The execution of the condemned to death was carried out by a firearm, by one person, or by hanging on a rope, while it was done by firing squad in rare cases…”/ How was a court decision carried out by death, in communism?
By Kastriot Dervishi Memorie.al / In the period of the communist regime of Enver Hoxha and his successor, Ramiz Alia,...
Historical Calendar 15 October
1886 - Born in Korça, Dhimitër Berati, who was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence of Albania, Albanian politician...
Historical Calendar 14 October
1943 - The famous exile revolt takes place in one of the most horrific Holocaust extermination camps, that of Sobibor...
“I was sentenced to political prison, because I refused to go one night to the bed of the Security Operative, Feçor Shehu’s close friend…”/ The tragic testimony of the beautiful former teacher from Tropoja
Memorie.al / They condemned him for politics that he would flee abroad, when something like that had never occurred to...
Historical Calendar 13 October
1892 - American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard becomes the first person in human history to photograph a comet up close....