Art &amp; Culture

3 months ago

By Dashnor Kaloçi Viktor Eftimiu: "I want to translate the novel 'The General of the Dead Army', by Ismail Kadare,...

“Zwajk, like everyone else, who lived in the Great Empires, might not know the exact origin of Alexander Moses, or identify him as…”/ Reflections of the former head of the National Historical Museum

4 months ago

By Dorian Koçi Memorie.al / Words that express great concepts often seem to come from a divine origin, but in...

“Mehdi, arrested on absurd charges by the Security, dies in the interrogator; the wife, mother of 6 children, due to the diabolical methods of the investigation, is forced to…”/ The chilling story of the family interned in Grabjan

“As soon as the screening of the documentary, ‘Children of the Dictatorship’, where I was one of its characters, ended, a teacher suddenly got up from the hall, who…”/ The rare testimony of the former political persecutor

5 months ago

By Alma Liço "The weight of memory", a story by Alma Liço - Memorie.al / It was a clear and...

“At the beginning of the 50s, due to the anti-communist movement in the USA, Noli was attacked in the press and even questioned by the American authorities…”/ The unknown side of the famous Bishop

“Noli did not hesitate to address in the name of all Albanians, with a telegram, the dictator Adolf Hitler himself, where he begged him to…”/ The unknown history of Albanians in America

5 months ago

From Elsa Demo - "Voices from the Diaspora" by Eleni Karamitri, a work about the first Albanian immigrants to America,...

“When I was little, I remember the room at the end of the corridor, where I was strictly forbidden to enter, because there…”/ Rare evidence of the last pin of the famous dynasty, Marubi

5 months ago

By Rudina Lazari Memorie.al / "Ah, if only one of the Marubs had been alive". This is what he is...

“At one point, the director Minga stops the shooting and says; “comrade Pjeter – excuse me, but in a luxurious office, the cigarette does not shake…”! / The unknown history of the giant of the Albanian stage and cinematography

8 months ago

From Baxhul Merkaj Memorie.al / Pjeter Gjoka is no more. For many years, Albanian televisions no longer broadcast film sequences...

“After Khrushchev got drunk with mania brandy and his father put a cell on his head, and they both started dancing and singing, the leadership froze…, but Enveri…”/ The rare confession of the daughter of the famous Korçar artist

By Raimonda Moisiu Memorie.al / 'Deserved Artist', outstanding Korça tenor, now separated from life, Piro Sulioti, was born in the...

“A young German-West couple who had “penetrated” the Hotel ‘Adriatiku’, where from the second floor, the State Security was watching with binoculars, amazed them…”/ The unknown history of Durrës Beach

“He was arrested with the ‘Group of art-culture’, in Durrës, which was led by Everst Kërliu and N. Mane, M. Verzivolli, V. Bakiri, I. Sopi, M. Myshketa, M. Bylykbashi, etc.,. ..”/ The unknown story of Hysen Haxhiaj

From Shpendi Topollaj The seventh part Memorie.al / When the symbols of communism, after half a century of struggle, collapsed,...

“I was arrested for the ‘Human Rights Card’ that I had at home, for spying on me, my first cousin’s husband, an associate of the Security and…”/ The rare testimony of the mathematics professor from Korça

“You must have the mind and heart of Visar Zhiti, who is ‘sprinkled – as he says – with the blood of murdered books’, to manfully face medieval court sessions…”/ Reflections of the well-known writer

From Shpendi Topollaj The sixth part Memorie.al / When the symbols of communism, after half a century of struggle, collapsed,...

“The two professors taught us foreign languages. I hid ‘Freud’ under the covers of ‘Comrade Enver’ Confession, of Former Prisoners from USA.

“In Burrel prison, an imprisoned professor, when his imprisoned brother dies, he doesn’t tell, but puts a cigarette in his mouth and…”/ Reflections of the well-known writer, about the book of the former political prisoner

From Shpendi Topollaj The fifth part Memorie.al / When the symbols of communism, after half a century of struggle, collapsed,...