Historical Calendar 27 December
1899 - Born in the lake town of Ohrid to the family of Sotir Gusho, Albanian poet, Lasgush Poradeci. In...
“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
By Genc Korça The first part -The "Red Elephant" syndrome, cross-legged in the Albanian reality! - Memorie.al / The...
“I don’t mean to brag about myself, but I’m telling you: are there any nations where the majority are Mohammedans and a priest is chosen as prime minister…”?! / Reflections of the well-known publicist from France, for Nolin
By Vasil QESARI The first part - Notes about two unknown audio-cassettes with the speech of Fan S. Noli, held...
Historical Calendar 26 December
1898 - Marie and Pierre Curie launch radium isolation. They extracted the radium compound from uraninite and published the discovery...
“We were not men, but a bunch of criminals, who have committed many crimes”, – told me the former senior officer of the Security, who served 10 years in prison, as Mehmet Shehu’s friend…”/ The rare confession of Simon Mirakaj
By Simon Miraka Memorie.al / I were going towards "Taiwan", to drink a coffee. It was a beautiful sunny winter...
“The funeral of Gasper Thaçi, on May 26, 1946, the Catholic youth of the city, turned it into an anti-communist protest and the truck that they put on the road, they…”/ The unknown history of the Archbishop of Shkodra
By Dom Marjan Lumçi - Monsignor Thaçi, refused to meet Mehmet Shehu in Shkodra Cathedral and refused Enver Hoxha's request...
Historical Calendar 25 December
1941 - During World War II, the Battle of Hong Kong ends, ending with the victory of Japanese troops, beginning...
“Dr. Ali Kuçi and Stavro Skëndi came to the USA, so advise us to trust them, because they connected with the gangsters of the ‘Free Albania’ Committee…”/ Fan Noli’s letter to Enver Hoxha, in 1946
Second part Memorie.al / When a little more than a year had passed since the end of the Second World...
“After the torture, they let me go to the toilet and I was shocked when I saw it written: Un Dom Vlash Muçaj, here on July 22, to quench my thirst, I drank…”/ The shocking testimony of Father Zef Pllumi
By Father Zef Pllumi Memorie.al / I see that Paulini was being taken down the stairs. That two-meter-long body was...
Historical Calendar December 24
1914 – During World War I, the "Christmas Truce" begins. This was a series of unofficial armistice holidays spread across...