“In the prison of Burrel, Goni Treska told me how he had known Enver Hoxha closely in Korça, when he was dating a girl na

October 12, 2022

From Uran Kalakulla Memorie.al / Uran Rasim Kalakulla were born in Tirana in 1929, while the origin of their family...

“Someone knocked and ordered me to follow him, he put me in a room at ‘Adriatik’, where five men, for 13 hours in a row…” / The chilling testimony of the tourist, in Albania in the 70sBy Vasil Qesari

October 12, 2022

Nga Vasil Qesari Memorie.al/ The overthrow of the great totalitarian edifice in Albania would...

Ramiz Ali’s testimony: “In the trial it was proven that in the 1960s, when Mehmeti was ill in Moscow, he and Kosigini developed…”/ Meeting of the Presidium of the People’s Assembly, October 1973

October 12, 2022

Dashnor Kaloçi The fifth part Memorie.al publishes some archival documents extracted from the Central State Archive in Tirana (the fund...

Historical Calendar 12 October

1918 - One of the most devastating wildfires in the history of the United States occurs in Minnesota, USA. Taking...

“Nana was old and she followed us and my brother to prisons, this was left to my sister, Marija, who spent 37 days and 37 years…”/ The chilling testimonies of Dom Nikollë Mazrek

By Dom Nikola Mazreku The third part Memorie.al / Marie Gjoka, from a young age faced political persecution, because, at...

“In the years 1947-’48, 720 convicts died in Burrel and Banush Goxhaj and Vangjel Rrêmbec, ordered the guards to escort the corpses with…”/ The rare testimonies of the convict, who suffered 37 years

By Petrit Velaj Memorie.al / Petrit Velaj were born in Vlorë in 1924 and he comes from a family known...

“The virtuoso violinist Tedi Papvrami was given a scholarship to Paris after Enveri called him to his house to play with his nephew and Iliri Hoxha came out as a guarantor, but…”/ Unknown testimony of Vasil Qesari

By Vasil Qesari Memorie.al/ The overthrow of the great totalitarian edifice in Albania would leave behind, not only the change...

“Security bodies discovered the enemy Xhelo Koçiu in Vlora and wanted to hit him, but the Americans were interested in…/” Meeting of the Presidium of the People’s Assembly, October ’83

Dashnor Kaloçi Part four Memorie.al publishes some archival documents extracted from the Central State Archive...

Historical Calendar 11 October

October 10, 2022

1944 - The Tuvan People's Republic in Mongolia is annexed territorially by the Soviet Union. After the Red Army offensive...

Enver’s speech: “What I talked to Monsignor Thaçi and Vincens Prenushi in my office, while Sali Myftija and Hafiz Ali Tari are…” Unknown documents

“The spy of the Security, M.L., who was holding the watch he took from the murdered Mark Bajraktar, after putting my husband, Biba, in prison, followed me…”/ The chilling testimonies of Marije Gjoka Mazreku

October 10, 2022