Historical Calendar 4 September

September 3, 2022

1888 - George Eastman and Henry Strong establish the famous Rochester-based Kodak photography film company. Over 130 years Kodak would...

“In ‘Dajti’, we are approached by N.N., who, after telling us that he was the pilot of Enver Hoxha’s personal plane and his confidant, asks us…”/ Memories of the Italian, the grandson of the former goalkeeper of the national team of ALBANIAN

By Aldo Renato Terrusi Part eleven ...

“My father was shot, my mother suffered 10 years in prison, my two uncles from 30 to 35 years in Enver’s cells, I was sentenced to 101, my brothers’ sisters too…”/ The tragic story of the family of the former sub-prefect of Korça

“From our family, 12 people were shot or died in prisons, while as a whole, as a tribe, we have suffered 349 years of prisons and deportations…”/ The rare testimony of Remzi Barolli, the former saboteur from the USA

By Hajro Hajra The sixth part Memorie.al / An authentic...

Historical Calendar 3 September

1914 - After 6 months of his reign in Albania, as a result of the Greek occupation of southern Albania...

“From the cell where I was with two men, investigator Ali Djunga put a piece of cloth in my mouth, tied my hands behind my back and laid me on the cement…”/ Tragic testimonies of Ana Daja, former political convict

By Fatbardha Mulleti Saraçi Memorie.al / Mrs. Ana Daja is a woman who enjoys good health...

“The father was imprisoned in ’45 and Enver Hoxha did not ask for better than that: he had fulfilled his revenge against Aurelia…”/ Memories of the Italian, the grandson of the former goalkeeper of the Albanian national team

By Aldo Renato Terrusi The tenth part ...

“How I escaped from the Pogradec prison in ’53 with the German major, Shmid and four other friends, from where we crossed the border and went to Yugoslavia…” / The rare testimony of Remzi Barolli who served the CIA

“When the stewardess of the Zurich-New York line announced that there was a lady on the plane who had suffered 40 years in prisons and exiles, everyone was taken…”/ The rare testimony of the former saboteur from the USA

By Hajro Hajra The fifth part Memorie.al / An...

Historical Calendar 2 September

1945 - On board the USS Missouri aircraft carrier anchored in the Gulf of Tokyo, Japan's unconditional capitulation to the...

“They put me in a room with men, but the most terrible torture was done by Fadil Kapisizi, who tied me to my uncle’s cell and forced me…”/ The tragic testimony of Terezina Pali

By Fatbardha Mulleti Saraçi Memorie.al / The Pali family was a family from Shkodra originating...

“On October 12, 1943, the Bank of Vlora was surrounded by 20 Germans, who asked the father to hand over all the money, while the mother, Aurelia…”/ Memories of the Italian, the grandson of the former goalkeeper of the national team of ALBANIAN