Albania News News Albania » History: In Albania, which saved Jews from the Nazis, educators teach the Holocaust to a new generation
(JTA) — ELBASAN, Albania — Isaac Herzog’s visit to Albania Thursday marked the first time an Israeli leader set foot in the only European country that ended World War II with more Jews than it started ...
News Albania » History: Albania to build museum to citizens who saved Jews during Holocaust
The Besa Museum will be named after the strict neighborly honor code that Albanians say motivated them to protect their Jewish neighbors during World War II. (JTA) — Albania’s prime minister announced ...
News Albania » History: Remember Albania’s History of Repression, Urge Prison Camp Survivors
Survivors of the camp and organisations that research Albania’s repressive communist past have been urging the authorities to preserve the now-dilapidated Tepelena camp and turn into a museum of ...
News Albania » History: Politicians Take Control of History in Albania
A hasty spending spree motivated by political ambition ahead of this year’s election in Albania created a series of monuments to controversial historical figures with questionable aesthetic value.
News Albania » History: Albania's Sazan Island has been fought over for millennia
For thousands of years, world powers have traded control over a small, lush isle off the southwestern coast of Albania. Sazan Island, a 2.2 square-mile spit of land, lies within the Strait of Otranto, ...
News Albania » History: Albania to build museum to citizens who saved Jews during Holocaust
(JTA) — Albania’s prime minister announced plans to open a museum in Tirana dedicated to the stories of its citizens who saved Jews during the Holocaust. The museum will also honor Jewish history and ...