Historical Calendar January 02
1896 - Born in Byalistok, Dziga Vertov. Vertov was a film director, documentary, news director, and a Russian cinema theorist....
“The day I was going to be arrested, all morning, I had Engjëll G., from my neighborhood, Security Operative, in the Internal Branch of Durrës, following me like a shadow…”/ Confession of the former officer of the Merchant Navy
By Maksim Rakipaj The fifth part Memorie.al / Maksim Rakipaj, originally from Përmet, whose family had helped and supported the...
“From meat and turkey with voucher, pans in the oven and, on duty in the company, to parties in bars, like; ‘Dajti’, ‘Adriatic’ and the ‘Block’ of leadership…”/ The vicissitudes of the New Year’s holiday, in socialism?!
From Uvil Zajmi Memorie.al / New Year, it was the party that everyone was waiting for. In the poor Albania...
“The work of Arshi Pipa is an indictment, if not legal, at least moral, from which someone should tremble and, someone else, never forget…”/ Reflections of the well-known writer, about the dictatorship
From Shpendi Topollaj The first part Memorie.al / When the symbols of communism, after half a century of struggle, collapsed,...
“Prophetic were the words of the lawyer Kol Dhimitri, addressed to Aran Çela and Mustafa Iljaz: If you are going to punish these priests, then…”/ The tragic story of Father Dajani and Father Xhovani Fausti
By Father Xovan Kemal Kokona Memorie.al / The Way of the Cross for the Jesuits Father Danjel Dajani and...
Historical Calendar January 01
1920 - Shaban Demiraj, a well-known Albanian linguist, albanologist and academic, is born in Vlora. He was the president of...
“With Professor Hektor, who had graduated in Paris for literature, we were tied together by the bars that were inserted into our flesh and the cold of Bulqiza…”/ The sad testimony of the former political convict
By Reshat Kripa Memorie.al / The city was buzzing with the movement of citizens and numerous cars, as well as...
“In ’76, the sailor of our ship ‘Durrësi’, F. Z., from Vlora, told me: Maxo, open your eyes, don’t hang out with Aladdin Capo because, not only does he deal with smuggling, but he…”/ The confession of the former political prisoner
By Maksim Rakipaj The third part Memorie.al / Maksim Rakipaj, originally from Përmet, whose family had helped and supported...
Historical Calendar 31 December
1879 - Thomas Edison demonstrates the first incandescent flame to the public in Menlo Park, New Jersey. The first successful...
“Ali Xhunga, the chief investigator at the Church Prison in Shkodër, when he found out that no one came to my meeting and we had no food, he told me…”/ The sad testimony of the friar Celebrity
By Father Zef Pllumi Memorie.al / In addition to others, there was another lack added to me. At this time,...