“After barbarically torturing him in the cell, they took him to ‘Adriatiku’, where Pirrua, the deputy head of

December 28, 2023

By Reshat Kripa Memorie.al / I were working as usual in my office, when I heard a light knock on...

“Borders of the people, always close to each other” (photo from the communist period)

“Out of pain for the drowned friend, addressing the first secretary of Saranda, I shouted; take my eyes off this m…, this dog, that…”/ The rare testimony of the former navy officer, sentenced to 15 years in political prison

March 2, 2026

By Maksim Rakipaj The first part Memorie.al / Maksim Rakipaj, originally from Përmet, whose family had helped and supported the...

Historical Calendar 29 December

December 28, 2023

1911 - Sun Yat Sen becomes interim President of the Republic of China. He officially takes office on January 1,...

“Kadri, don’t tell us Avash, there is no Avash here, show us; was there any hostile work in the Ministry of the Interior, if so, why don’t you have them…”?! / Unknown meeting of the Bureau, October 8, ’82

“When I met Dritëro Agolli, after the 90s in the USA and I asked him that; as an honest communist, how he looked at the years of Enver’s rule in Albania, he…”?! / Reflections of the son of the former minister of Zog

By Genc Korça The third part Memorie.al / The 20th century entered fiery optimism. Political thinkers across Europe saw ranks...

“At the stage of parliamentary talks, Avni Rustemi, against payment, was offered and killed Esat Pasha in Paris; in the interest of his political opponents…”/ The unknown side of the terrorist MP from Vlonia

December 27, 2023

By: Kastriot Dervishi -Rustem, the patriot of money: Rejected by the Americans, appreciated by the fascist and communist regimes-...

Historical Calendar 28 December

December 27, 2023

1895 - Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which would later be...

“Before Sotir Peci called me to make the newspaper ‘Kombi’, I worked in a board factory, while Konica had very rich uncles, in the court of the Sultan…”/ Fan Noli’s unknown speech

By Vasil QESARI Second part - Notes about two unknown audio-cassettes with the speech of Fan S. Noli, held on...

The Fall of the Berlin Wall / Testimonies of the last two people who escaped communist East….

“In October ’89, with the fall of the Berlin Wall, Ramiz Alia addressed the Politburo that, two years ago, they had met with Comrade Gorbachev in Poland and…”/ Testimony from the USA, of the former’s son – the minister of Zog

By Genc Korça Second part Memorie.al / The 20th century entered fiery optimism. Political thinkers across Europe saw ranks of...

Historical Calendar 27 December

December 26, 2023

1899 - Born in the lake town of Ohrid to the family of Sotir Gusho, Albanian poet, Lasgush Poradeci. In...

“In ’75, after I had been declared an ‘enemy of the people’ and was awaiting arrest, I went home, where in the late hours of the night, I burned documents and books in foreign languages…”/ The sad confession of the former JOURNALIST

“We met Zai Fundon, an early communist, blond and blue-eyed, friend of my father, in 1939, in the village of Dardhë in Korça…”/ Testimony from the USA, of the son of the former minister of Zog