“How I held the Minister of Economy hostage in his office in ’43, forcing him to…” / Rare testimony of the 9

1909 - Kinemacolor, the first successful process of color motion pictures, first appears to the general public at the Palace...

When the famous painter, Naxhi Bakalli, worked for the Skanderbeg mural in the Museum of Kruja / Unknown photos

November 10, 2021

Memorie.al/The National Museum "Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu" in Kruja, which for years remains one of the most frequented throughout the year...

“Enver’s former translator, a graduate of Florence and Zagreb, suffered 15 years in prison for denouncing the communist regime at the UN”

February 25, 2021

Dashnor Kaloçi Memorie.al publishes the unknown story of Gjergj Komnino, originally from the village of Mbrezhdan in Këlcyra, who after...

“In the Old Prison of Tirana I found the engineer of the Maliqi Swamp who was waiting to be shot and…” / Memoirs of the former Deputy Minister, graduated in ‘La Sapienza’

February 24, 2021

Ejëll Çoba Second part Memorie.al publishes some parts from the memoir of the author Ejëll Çoba,...

“How did we injure the Prime Minister Mustafa Kruja and why did we cancel the murder of Xhaferr Deva, which I would have committed…”?! Rare testimony of the 97-year-old, who took part in 44 actions

February 24, 2021

Dashnor Kaloçi Memorie.al publishes the unknown story of Astrit Leka, originally from Borshi in Saranda and living in Switzerland, one...

Historical Calendar February 25

1933 - Released at sea, USS Ranger. This was the first US Navy ship to have been designed since construction...

“I was the Minister of Interior when the Bar Massacre took place, I told Enver and he…” / Haxhi Lleshi’s testimony and the secret document, where Hoxha ‘billed’ Koci Xoxa

October 2, 2023

Dashnor Kaloçi Memorie.al publishes a rare archival document with the initials "Top secret" drafted by the State Security Directorate of...

“I lost my life” in the prisons of the communist regime of Enver Hoxha, where… “/ Unknown memories of former Deputy Minister Ejëll Çoba from Shkodra, who suffered 23 years and five months in prison

Memorie.al publishes some parts from the memoir of the author Ejëll Çoba, the well-known intellectual from the city of...

“The National Bank of Albania has become like ‘Dullë Huta’ the usurious trader from Tirana, who …” / The deep economic crisis in the period of the Zog Monarchy