Historical Calendar June 05
1916 - Herbert Kitchener, 65, dies. Kitchener was a senior British Army officer and colonial administrator, who gained notoriety for...
“Gjirokastra, the birthplace of Enver Hoxha and the best contemporary writer, Kadare, at dusk became dangerous, the streets without lights, with carts, bicycles, sheep, cats, donkeys…”/ Report of the American journalist, in ’89
By Marvin Howe Memorie.al / For many years I wanted to visit Albania, the land of the eagle, known for...
Historical Calendar June 04
1920 - Hungary loses 71 percent of its territory and 63 percent of its population when the Treaty of Trianon...
Historical Calendar June 03
1916 - The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard from...
“Edison said that I’m upset and I’m not finding peace, because…”/ Security documents are revealed, with the spies who drowned the painter Gjergo, from “The Big Buffet” to “The Artist”, “The Apple Leaf”, etc.
From Alma Mile Memorie.al / "The apple leaf", "The artist", but above all "The big buffet". These were some of...
“My father worked with archival sources and foreign libraries, scientists and his colleagues abroad, but the letters that came to him were open, as they…”/ The rare testimony of the famous professor’s daughter
By Blerina Goce Memorie.al / They cannot remember their father, without the glasses and the pencil, which he always had...
Historical Calendar June 02
1882 - Guiseppe Garibaldi, 74, dies. Garibaldi was an Italian general, patriot, and republican. He contributed to the unification of...
“Father Gjon Shllaku used to say that; The Turk of Asia has fled our territories in time and we no longer have the right to use it as a pretext…”/ The story of the famous friar who was shot by Enver Hoxha
By Jerina LUKA (Rasha) Second part Memorie.al / After the fall of Communism and with the changes that the political...
Historical Calendar June 01
1839 - Born in the village of Frashër in the Vilajet of Ioannina, Abdyl Frashëri is an Albanian MP in...
“Father Gjon Shllaku, had in mind the fact that Russia, with its historical influence in Yugoslavia and limited to Albania, he foresaw…”/ The unknown history of the famous anti-communist friar
By Jerina LUKA (Rasha) The first part Memorie.al / After the fall of Communism and with the changes that the...