Historical Calendar 11 November
1918 - Austro-Hungarian Emperor Charles I abdicate. After his uncle Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in 1914, Charles...
“At the Tirana prison hospital, while we were helping professor Mirash Ivanaj, who had become like a corpse and did not even weigh 30 kg., the Security officer told us…”/ Memoirs of the former political prisoner
By Lazar Radi The first part Memorie.al / Lazër Radi were born in Prizren on January 29, 1916, in a...
“How do you not know Kadri, here is Hysniu’s letter, where Mehmeti informs him about our cadres in the Soviet Union, collaborators of the Security, such as…”?! / Debates at the meeting of the Bureau, October 8, ’82
Dashnor Kaloçi Part fifteen Memorie.al publishes some archival documents extracted from the Central State...
“At ‘Dajti’, where they were watching the horses, Zyd Aga and Gani Kodra, the charming son of the Polish ambassador, a daughter of the Italian legate and a Turkish beauty, yes…”/ The rare evidence for the worldly Tirana of the 60s
From Gëzim Peshpia Part four Memorie.al / From time to time I had published some writing about disconnected events with...
Historical Calendar 10 November
1928 - World-famous composer Ennio Morricone is born in Rome. Morricone, is a composer, orchestrator, and, conductor, writing in a...
“Madu, the son of the writer Petro Marko, asked me to eat together and while I refused, because I did not have his economic situation, he told me…”/ Memoirs of a former convict from Germany
From Gëzim Peshpia The third part Memorie.al / From time to time I had published some writing about disconnected events...
“How my father, Tuk Jakova, was poisoned in the Civil Hospital of Tirana in ’59, after Enver’s order, which was implemented by…”/ Agim Jakova’s testimony and the request for today’s prime minister
From Agim Tuk Jakova Memorie.al/ The son of the former deputy prime minister and organizational secretary of the PPSh Central...
“Well, Kadri, when you went to Beqir Balluku and Mehmet Shehu, you told them those things, why don’t you come to me too…”?! / Enver’s debates at the meeting of the Bureau, October 8, ’82
Dashnor Kaloçi Part fourteen Memorie.al publishes some archival documents extracted from the Central State Archive in Tirana (the fund...
“The shock wave of the ‘Cultural Revolution’, included art and culture, from Kadare e Shvarc, to Lasgushi, Kuteli, Lluk Kaçaj, etc. who…”/ Reflections of the former political convict, Amik Kasaruho
From Amik Kasaruho Second part Memorie.al / Amik Kasaruho were born in Tirana in 1932. His...
Historical Calendar 09 November
1953 - Cambodia in Southeast Asia declares independence after 90 years of French colonial rule. Official Paris occupied the impoverished...