Calendar April 07, 2026
1906 - The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control of Morocco. The purpose of the conference was to find...
“The officer, who gave me the ‘Release Certificate’, in the Rinas camp, told me that, during the ten years of prison, I had earned 1200 lek and when I asked him; can I take it…”? / Testimony of a former political prisoner, from the USA
By SAMI REPISHTI Part Twenty-Seven Sami Repishti: - In Albania, the communist crime of the past has not been documented...
“After he refused to talk about the famous writer, all anger, the investigator told him: T. A. didn’t resist me, weighing 120 kilos, and not you, and he shot me with…”/ Testimony of the former boxing champion
Memorie.al / Ahmet Golemi was born in Tirana, in 1936. After completing his studies at the “Vojo Kushi” Higher Institute...
“In March 1914, after five centuries of Turkish rule, Korça became part of independent Albania, but the Greek threat, with the crowd shouting; ‘Long live Greece’…”/ The unknown story of the Korça patriot
Memorie.al / Kristo Dako, the scholar and patriot from Korça, a contemporary of the events that decided the fate of...
“The NCP’s attempt to form an alliance with the Catholics in Shkodra failed, as the Catholic Clergy had even rejected Sejfulla Malëshova’s request for…”/ Reflections of the renowned historian
By Dr. Gjon Boriçi Part One Memorie.al / The great debate that has unfolded over the last two centuries following...
“You know that you’re and our Father Gjergji wrote that; ‘evil came to Albania, since the Turkish pasha came – and the foreign bishop’…”/ Unknown correspondence of Mustafa Kruja, with Father Margjokaj
Part One Memorie.al / “Assembly of Letters with Friends – the rich correspondence of Mustafa Merlika-Kruja”, included in four volumes,...
“Bajram Curri is not compromised by secret Serbian files, but the dark side of his character is his terrible personal interest, greed for money and…”/ Unknown letter from the Austrian archive
Memorie.al / A description of the figure of Bajram Curri by the Austrian consul August Kral, in a letter sent...
Calendar April 06, 2026
1896 - Athens officially celebrates the opening of the first modern Olympic Games, 1500 years after the original games were...
“Aspirant Refati, hit the prisoner on the head with a stick that went to the wires, the guards killed him, he laid him on the ground and with a large stone that he could barely lift, he hit him in the…”/ The shocking event in the Rinas camp in ’56
From SAMI REPISHTI Part Twenty‑Six Sami Repishti: - In Albania, the communist crime of the past has not been documented...
“The parents named their newborn child after their ancestor, Nebil Çika, who would be looked at with surprise at school and with anger by the communists…”/ Reflections of the famous writer from the USA
From Visar Zhiti Memorie.al / Nebil Çika, the well‑known journalist, tireless activist for the cause of political persecutees, idealist of...