“According to the letter from the Headquarters, we prepared the attack against the Germans, but we lost Berat, which they took and we retreated to the mountains…”!/ The rare testimony of General Gjin Marku, about the “compromise” with the Germans
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“The CIA received most of the information from Albanian political emigrants, who reported figures that were not always accurate, but they…”/ The latest study on political internees, in the years 1944-1990
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“When the delegate of the Party Committee at the end of his speech said; he deserves to be judged as an enemy, but the party is generous, Mehmet stood up and…”/ The story of Zog’s former officer, by Derjani i Matit
Memorie.al / The secretary of the party organization entered the office and, addressing me in a loud voice so that...
“When the State Security, at the end of 1960, seized two letters sent to Mefail from Russia, from Israeli friends he had once kept at home, in the Librazhd post office, he was told…”/ The unknown story of the Biçaku family
By Ali Buzra Part Twenty-Seven - LIFE UNDER PRESSURE AND SUFFERING - (ASSESSMENTS, COMMENTS, NARRATIVES) Memorie.al / At...
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1880 - Born in Elbasan, Aleksandër Xhuvani was a teacher, textologist, linguist, clerk and minister of the Albanian state. For...
“When the delegate said; as we communists are accustomed to, we are setting the agenda, I interrupted him, saying; I am not a communist, they…”/ Memories of a former political prisoner, from the USA
By Sami Repishti Part Four Sami Repishti: - "In Albania, the communist crime of the past has not been documented...
“The truth about the photo of the Declaration of Independence, which is not from November 28, 1912, and the history of the house where Ismail Qemali lived…”/ Unknown testimonies of a publicist from Vlora
Memorie.al / The flash of a camera shutter records a historical document. The art of the darkroom recorded and documented...
“In Skrapar, the ‘Balliste’ movement was born and inspired in ’42, by Skrapar intellectuals such as A. Ermenji, M. Kapllani, etc., but Gjin Marku…”/ Reflections of the renowned researcher and historian, Gjet Ndoj
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“In the 1979 revolution, the Marxist organization ‘Peykâr’ of Iran, which wandered between Marxism and Islam, had Enver Hoxha as its ideological mentor, because…” / Unknown book by Abdyl Javadzadeh
Memorie.al / Although totalitarian Albania had turned into the most isolated country in the world, the aging dictator in his...