“Leonidha, a ship captain in Durrës, swam to a Greek ship that had left the port and they dressed her and gave her a drin

By Nestor Topencharov Part thirteen THE DRAMA OF LIFE (THE STORY OF A FAMILY) I dedicate this...

Historical Calendar 28 August

1924 - The Georgian opposition organizes the August Uprising against the Soviet Union. Aiming to restore Georgia's independence from the...

“When Pepe Kantozi, an officer of Jewish origin, from the cadre branch in the Ministry, accused Hito Çako,; ‘You in the army, you kept officers with Russian women’, he told him; O Jew…”/ The rare testimony of the former senior soldier

From Kujtim BORIÇI Memorie.al / Former senior soldier, Hetem Halili, was born in Senican, Permet, on 15.07.1934. He was orphaned...

“One of those who left a mark in the history of Spaçi was Fatos Lubonja, who, after being re-sentenced, refused to work, was tortured and taken to Burrel with Spartak Ngjela…”/ Testimony of the Albanian-Macedonian

By Nestor Topencharov The twelfth part THE DRAMA OF LIFE (THE STORY OF A FAMILY) I dedicate this...

Historical Calendar 27 August

August 26, 2024

1896 - The shortest war in world history begins (09:02 to 09:40) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar. The conflict...

Unpublished photos: “When Enver inspected the ‘Army Central Command’, accompanied by…” / Unknown images of ‘Bunkart 1’

“When General Prodani, who was very close to the Prime Minister, said to him: ‘What are you doing like this?! What wrong did the friends do, that you are hitting them so fiercely?! Mehmeti answered…”/ Memoirs of former president Alfred Mosiu

August 26, 2024

Memorie.al / In mid-December 2012, the "Toena" Publishing House released the second volume of the book with memories of the...

“After the conviction of the father, the Director of the Palace of Culture, Vangjo Vangjeli, in a meeting in the neighborhood, proposed the deportation of the mother and sister, but the Security…”/ The sad testimony of the Albanian-Macedonian from Korça

August 26, 2024

By Nestor Topencharov Part eleven ...

Historical Calendar 26 August

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1883 - The Krakatoa eruption of 1883 begins its final phase. The eruption was one of the deadliest and most...

“The day he died, after a ‘sedative medicine’ given to him by the ‘doctors’, my father left us a bottle of wine as a bequest, to drink when Enver Hoxha died…”/ The sad story of the deputy and the first communist of Shkodra

August 24, 2024

By Adrian Luka Memorie.al / Gjovalin Luka was born in Shkodër, on January 15, 1921, in a family with early...

“Sotiraq Kristo from Korça, they put him in ‘Gaz’ and in an apartment in Bilisht, they asked him to be a spy, but he resisted the Security and then informed…”/ Testimony of the Albanian-Macedonian

August 24, 2024