“In April 1993, when in a dark room of the Cathedral of Shkodra, Mother Teresa knelt before him, saying: give me your blessing, Dom Mikeli…”/ The unknown story of the first Albanian Cardinal
Memorie.al / Today we have dedicated a special portrait to the first Albanian Cardinal, Mikel Koliqi. This great man of...
“His library had over 5,000 volumes, books printed before 1500, and thinking that it would be useful to him one day when he was released from communist prison, he told the investigator…”/ The sad story of Terenc Toçi
Part Two Memorie.al / No Albanian inside or outside Albania has attracted and pushed me to do something for them,...
![“After the ’90s, when I was Chief of Personnel at the Berat Police Station, my colleague I.S. told me how they had once eavesdropped on me at the Malinati spring, where I had said about Enver [Hoxha]…”/ The testimony of the former political prisoner.](https://memorie.al/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/admin-ajax-4-350x250.jpg)
“Gani Muzhaqin, the bullet hit him in the hand, while Saliu in the body, remaining dead on the spot…”/ The tragic story in the Tepelena Camp, where Sali Kasa was buried in the grave he had just dug
From Ali Buzra Part Thirty-One - A LIFE UNDER PRESSURE AND SUFFERING - (ASSESSMENTS, COMMENTS, NARRATIVES) Memorie.al /...
Calendar March 18, 2026
1871 – Revolt of the Communards in Paris. On the morning of March 18, the government stationed in Versailles sent...
“A civil war between communists and ballistas, the ferocity of the clashes had reached inhuman proportions: torture, massacres, burning of villages…”/ Memories of a former political prisoner, from the USA
By SAMI REPISHTI Part Eight Sami Repishti: - “In Albania, the communist crimes of the past have not been documented...
“From the Kremlin and Stalin’s tyrannical choice, the Party has been bastardized; therefore, Koçi Xoxe and Sejfulla Malëshova must be rehabilitated…” / When Sadik Premte, from Paris, demanded a change of course from Enver.
Dashnor Kaloçi Memorie.al/The letter we are publishing was authored by Sadik Premte, and we believe it is one of the...
“When it was learned that Mehmet Shehu had committed suicide, Liria told her father; ‘Hajdar, Kadriu’s little brother, is finished’, she foresaw the evil, even when Hysni Kapo died…”/ The rare testimony of Agron Aranitas
By AGRON ARANITASI Part Two THE TRUTHS I BELIEVE IN - THE FRENCH AGENT - Introduction Memorie.al /...
“The Vermoshi Mountains would have been taken by Montenegro, if Uc Turku, Prek Cali and others had not stayed, who…”/ The unknown story of the Kelmendi flag bearer, which Fishta immortalized in ‘Malcis’s Lullaby’
Memorie.al / Uc Turku was born in Selcë of Kelmend in 1860, into a noble family with authority in Malësia...