Albania News News Albania » History: Albania’s ancient history surfaces
Tirana, Albania — I was sipping an espresso at the Piazza bookstore, a trendy Tirana cafe where artists, writers and politicians hang out, listening to Neritan Ceka, Albania’s leading archeological ...
News Albania » History: Albania's secret Jewish history, how its population saved Jews during the Holocaust
Many might find it difficult to believe that a Muslim-majority country sheltered and saved Jews during World War II; even fewer know that one European country in particular saw a tenfold increase in ...
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: In Albania, which saved Jews from the Nazis, educators teach the Holocaust to a new generation
Thousands of foreign Jews found refuge in Albania during World War II. Yet youths in this once-Marxist nation of 2.6 million know nearly nothing of that unique legacy. ELBASAN, Albania — Isaac ...
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: 3,000 years of history in one haunted city (Albania)
EP #14 - ALBANIA - COUNTRY 2 of 231. This episode features an overnight stay in a city known for its 3,000-year-old haunted castles. As part of the 7 DAYS in NORTH KOREA OF EUROPE series filmed in ...
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 ...
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 ...