“From the crack in the dungeon door, I could see a herd of animals, which the convicts, Rexë Alia and Lefter Baldavani, h

By Tanush Kaso Memorie.al/ Tanush Kaso was born in 1934 in Tirana where his father at that time served as...

Historical Calendar 14 October

1943 - The famous exile revolt takes place in one of the most horrific Holocaust extermination camps, that of Sobibor...

“In the prison of Burrel, the policemen of Vangjel Rëmbec killed the former prime minister of Koço Kota with a spear, throwing his brains in…”/ Testimony of the convict who suffered 21 years in the cell

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

“Here are the people who come and go in Tuk’s house and office, while his driver and cook say…” / Gac Mazi’s denunciation and the report of the Deputy Director of Security, Zoi Themeli

“When Kadri Hazbiu asked his driver, who was a witness in the trial, whether or not he had gotten off the car near Mehmet’s villa, he answered…/ Ramiz Ali’s speech at the Presidium, in 1983

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

“There was a big diplomatic scandal, as the young girl from Tirana, who served in the Ghanaian embassy and had fallen in love with a diplomat, remained…”/ The rare testimony of the former French vice consul

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

“Putting them away from extreme cooperative misery, after they had escaped from the corn bread in their villages, the captors of Spaçi prison…”/ Testimony of the former prisoner from Vlora

By Agim Gani Hamiti Memorie.al/ Agim Gani Hamiti were born in Vlora in 1947 and he belongs to a family...

Historical Calendar 13 October

1892 - American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard becomes the first person in human history to photograph a comet up close....

“In the prison of Burrel, Goni Treska told me how he had known Enver Hoxha closely in Korça, when he was dating a girl named…”/ Testimonies of the convict who served 21 years

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

March 3, 2026

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