Historical Calendar 26 December
1898 - Marie and Pierre Curie launch radium isolation. They extracted the radium compound from uraninite and published the discovery...
“We were not men, but a bunch of criminals, who have committed many crimes”, – told me the former senior officer of the Security, who served 10 years in prison, as Mehmet Shehu’s friend…”/ The rare confession of Simon Mirakaj
By Simon Miraka Memorie.al / I were going towards "Taiwan", to drink a coffee. It was a beautiful sunny winter...
“The funeral of Gasper Thaçi, on May 26, 1946, the Catholic youth of the city, turned it into an anti-communist protest and the truck that they put on the road, they…”/ The unknown history of the Archbishop of Shkodra
By Dom Marjan Lumçi - Monsignor Thaçi, refused to meet Mehmet Shehu in Shkodra Cathedral and refused Enver Hoxha's request...
Historical Calendar 25 December
1941 - During World War II, the Battle of Hong Kong ends, ending with the victory of Japanese troops, beginning...
“Dr. Ali Kuçi and Stavro Skëndi came to the USA, so advise us to trust them, because they connected with the gangsters of the ‘Free Albania’ Committee…”/ Fan Noli’s letter to Enver Hoxha, in 1946
Second part Memorie.al / When a little more than a year had passed since the end of the Second World...
“After the torture, they let me go to the toilet and I was shocked when I saw it written: Un Dom Vlash Muçaj, here on July 22, to quench my thirst, I drank…”/ The shocking testimony of Father Zef Pllumi
By Father Zef Pllumi Memorie.al / I see that Paulini was being taken down the stairs. That two-meter-long body was...
Historical Calendar December 24
1914 – During World War I, the "Christmas Truce" begins. This was a series of unofficial armistice holidays spread across...
“Because of Colonel Jakova’s stupidity, I would not change my attitude towards Albania and your governorship in theory, but in practice, things change…”/ Fan Noli’s letter to Enver Hoxha, September 1946
The first part Memorie.al / When a little more than a year had passed since the end of the Second...
“In August 1944, Dom Anton Zogaj gathered the young people of the parish and after talking about the communist danger, asked them to…”/ The tragic story of the priest from Durrës, who was sentenced to death, for Christmas
By Dom Giovannino Kemal Kokona Memorie.al / Dom Anton Zogaj were born in Kthella Mirdita in July 1908 and grew...
Historical Calendar December 23, 2022
1913 - The Federal Reserve Act is signed by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System. The Federal Reserve...