Calendar April 11, 2026
1872 - Born in Drenovo, Aleksandër Stavre Drenova, was a poet, publicist and activist of the Albanian colony of Bucharest...
“When I was assigned to work on the shores of Lake Shkodra, near the border, I thought it was time to escape, but my former prison mate advised me…”/ Memories of a former political prisoner, from the USA
From SAMI REPISHTI Part Thirty-One Sami Repishti: – In Albania, the communist crime of the past has not been documented...
“On the sequestration of movable and immovable property of the Aratisun abroad, Allaman Çupi, from the village of Lis…”/ Document on the confiscation of the properties of 131 families of Mati, in 1946-47, is revealed
From Avni Dani Part Two Memorie.al / It were to be expected. The communists would be more merciless than anywhere...
“A news agency from the US telegraphed the Albanian Foreign Ministry, regarding the news from a Greek newspaper, that there was a revolt in Elbasan and…”/ Unknown writing to the American journalist in 1957
Part Three Memorie.al / A shoeshine costs 1 dollar in Tirana, but that is the last thing Albanians worry about....
“The Albanian state spent 2.5 million Euros in 2002, for the Albanian embassy building in Athens, when 6.3 km. away, on ‘Vasilis Sofias’ street…”/ The history of Albanian properties looted by Greece
Memorie.al / In 1947, Italy and Greece signed a friendship treaty in which Greater Greece no longer recognized Italy as...
“The denigration that the communist regime inflicted on him still continues, as a school in Korça that he had built was named ‘Sevasti Qirjazi’…”/ The story of the philanthropist from Korça who financed Naimi’s “Livestock and Agriculture”
Memorie.al / Today, no one know where the first and greatest millionaire of the Albanian nation and a rare patriot...
“For the Social Democrats of Korça led by Dr. Lito, the Sigurimi suspected that he was connected to Myzafer Pipa in Shkodra, since Drita Kosturi…”/ History of anti-communist groups after ’45
From VELI HAKLAJ Part Three Memorie.al / Anti-communist activity in Albania in 1946 and the ways in which the State...
Calendar April 10, 2026
1919 - Emiliano Zapata dies at the age of 39 after an assassination attempt. Zapata was a leading figure in...
“When he arrived in the city of Shkodra, the dictator Enver Hoxha, sitting next to Khrushchev and the driver, in a large limousine, did not speak, nor did he smile, but…”/ Memories of a former political prisoner, from the USA
By SAMI REPISHTI Part Thirty Sami Repishti: – In Albania, the communist crime of the past has not been documented...
“On the sequestration of movable and immovable property of war criminals and enemies of the people, Shahin and Can Doçi from Macukulli…”/ Document of confiscation of properties in the Mati district, in 1946-47, is revealed
By Avni Dani Part One Memorie.al / It were expected. The Communists would be more merciless than anywhere else in...