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“You brute who calls me a Greek, if you like subtle words, first wash your head, so some lice get out, and put your feet in carbolic acid too, so they don’t stink…”/ The unknown polemic of Konica with Shahin Kolonja.
Memorie.al / Faik Konica, the greatest Albanian polemicist of his time, has often been criticized for this “vice” by his...
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“The first thing that would be seen in the morning, in Skopje, was the piles of corpses of Albanians with shattered heads, under the Vardar Bridge, and…”/ The unknown article by Leon Trotsky, in the newspaper ‘Kievskaya Misl’, October 1912.
Memorie.al / Leon Trotsky, the Russian revolutionary and a key figure in the October Revolution, second only to Lenin, recounted...
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“The Yugoslavs have been encouraged by the harsh refusal of Ramiz Alia, following a message of condolence from the Russian leadership, for the death of Hoxha, a clear sign…”/ The unknown article of the “Washington Post” in 1986.
By Michael Dobbs - “In Albania, they are watching the soap opera 'Dynasty' from Belgrade television and it seems that...
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“The Coup of the Army Chiefs 1974-1975: ‘Balluku, Dume, Çako, Parllaku, agents of Yugoslavia and the Warsaw Pact…'” / The indictment of Aran Çela is revealed and the final debate in the Presidium for the pardon of the three generals
By Dashnor Kaloçi The first part Memorie.al/ On November 5, 1975, exactly 49 years ago, the president of the...
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“The ‘Prizren Trial’ in 1955–’56 was preceded by the ‘Group of Sheikhs,’ consisting of 14 people, accused of ties to the Albanian Committee in Rome and the State Security [Sigurimi], who included…”/ The Unknown History of UDB’s Repression
By Sheradin BERISHA Part two - Persecution, Imprisonment, and Persecution of Albanians in Kosovo, Macedonia, and Montenegro by the Tito...
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“When we created ‘Vatra,’ Mr. Konitza did not want me to take the lead, which is why both he and Fan Noli always created obstacles for us and…” / The unknown memories of Kristo Floqi
Memorie.al/The patriot Kristo Floqi is the initiator of the creation of the Pan-Albanian Federation "Vatra" and is perhaps the only...
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“On a French [language] method, I glued the portrait of Marx; on the dictionary, the color photo of Mao Zedong, while M. Babameto disguised Dostoevsky under Stalin’s mustache…” / The testimony of the former prisoner of Spaç.
By Shkëlqim ABAZI Part thirty-one S P A Ç The Grave of the Living Tirana, 2018 (My memories...
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“The people, from one house of Mirdita, the chiefs cannot gather, only Gjomarku, after…”/ The ‘Kanun of the House of Gjomarku’ of Orosh is revealed, with its 53 unknown and never-published articles.
Ismail Kadare: "The Tower of Gjomarku had neither police nor officials, and yet, the entire province was under its dominion."...
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