“Medi B., the ‘friend’ we had talked about escaping, was from Cologne and he assured me that he knew the borde

By Bedri Blloshmi Confession of the ex-convict: - "The prosecutor of Pogradec told us that; Xhevit and Irfan Muça...

Historical Calendar January 13

1910 - The first public broadcast on a radio takes place. During this broadcast, the opera Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci...

“After they threatened me that they would torture me, handcuffs, electric shock, clamps on my fingers, pulling out my nails, etc., I admitted that I am an agent of…”/ The tragic story of the translator of the Americans

“Ramadan, or ‘Miklovani’, as he was otherwise known in the Internal Branch of Durrës, told my father that I and Aladin Kapo had been arrested by order of…”/ Testimony of the former Navy officer

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By Maksim Rakipaj Part seventeen Memorie.al/ Maksim Rakipaj, originally from Përmet, whose family had helped and supported the Anti-Fascist National...

“The demolition of Shkodra’s Old Market, by the communist regime, was done on purpose, as it was the largest center of Albanian capitalism and…”/ The unknown history of the largest “Hypermarket” in the Balkans

By Ali Hassan Memorie.al / An important part of the history, culture and tradition of Shkodra is the Old Market...

“When prosecutor Ali Shukriu told him that; Fan Noli, has praised the current regime in Albania, with Enver Hoxha at the head, the defendant Marie Shllaku, answered you…”/ The rare testimony of the former political prisoner

Memorie.al / In the suffocating tension of the courtroom, there is always a category, almost negligible, that sits and observes....

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

March 2, 2026

By Maksim Rakipaj Part sixteen Memorie.al/ Maksim Rakipaj, originally from Përmet, whose family had helped and supported the Anti-Fascist National...

“Army General Shtermenko received Petrit Dumen and me in the office and suggested that we train for the atomic bomb…” / The testimony of the colonel who accompanied him

“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