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News channel or source: https://www.jta.org/2026/03/16/global/german-school-named-for-albanian-who-saved-jews-sends-students-to-tirana-for-holocaust-remembrance
Published on: Monday 16 March 2026
Most of the students at Berlin’s Refik Veseli Schule are Muslim immigrants. TIRANA, Albania — Sixteen-year-old Melisa Malo, a 10th-grader at the Gjimnazi Sami Frashëri here, first learned about the ...
News Albania » Tirana » History: Albania to build museum to citizens who saved Jews during Holocaust
News channel or source: https://www.jta.org/2023/03/03/global/albania-to-build-museum-to-citizens-who-saved-jews-during-holocaust
Published on: Thursday 02 March 2023
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 » Tirana » History: Politicians Take Control of History in Albania
News channel or source: https://balkaninsight.com/2013/06/25/politicians-take-control-of-history-in-albania/
Published on: Monday 24 June 2013
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.