

1945
Ralph Skrine Stevenson:
Kosova in the spring of 1945
A report by a British diplomat describing the turbulent state of events in Kosova (Kosovo) and western Macedonia in the spring of 1945. |
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1945
The Albanian Treason Trial
Excerpt from the transcript of the Special Court for War Criminals and Enemies of the People, held by the new communist authorities in Albania in March 1945. This session led to the condemnation (and execution) of Enver Hoxha’s own brother-in-law, Bahri Omari. |
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1945
Samuilo Mandil:
The Jews in Albania
A newspaper report by a Serbian Jew who took refuge with his family in Albania during the Second World War. |
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1945
Final Report of the German Wehrmacht in Albania
A unique report on German-occupied Albania by a Nazi administration official, drafted in February or March 1945, a few weeks before the capitulation of the Third Reich. |
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1945
Abschlußbericht der Deutschen Wehrmacht in Albanien
Dieser einmalige, wohl aus dem Monat Februar oder März 1945 stammende Abschlussbericht über die deutsche Besatzungszeit in Albanien wurde kurz vor dem endgültigen Zusammenbruch des Dritten Reichs verfasst. |
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1946
Committee of Cham Albanians
on Greek persecution
of the Chams
A protest by the Cham Anti-Fascist Committee following the expulsion of the Albanian Cham community from Greece. |
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1947
Galeazzo Ciano:
Diary of Events on Albania
Excerpts from the diary of Count Ciano, Italian foreign minister under Mussolini and architect of the Italian invasion and annexation of Albania in 1939. |
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1953
W. F. Stirling:
A British Officer in Albania, 1923-1931
Excerpt from the memoirs of a British officer sent to Albania as an advisor to the Ministry of the Interior under the rule of Ahmed Zogu to inspect the new Albanian gendarmerie. |
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1956
Ekrem Bey Vlora:
The Ruling Families of Albania
in the pre-Ottoman Period
Study of the ruling families of Albania in the 13th and 14th centuries by Albanian historian Ekrem bey Vlora, a nobleman himself. |
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1956
Hermann Neubacher:
A Nazi Diplomat on Mission
in Albania
Hermann Neubacher was the special emissary of the German Foreign Office for Southeastern Europe. This chapter of his memoirs deals with his high-ranking activities to organise the German occupation of Albania.
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1959
Arshi Pipa:
Communism and
Albanian Writers
Albanian scholar Arshi Pipa spent ten years in prison in communist Albania before escaping to the United States. He provides a first-hand account of the fate of many writers and intellectuals under the Stalinist regime in power.
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1961
Tajar Zavalani:
Tragedy of Good Friday, 1939
This chapter from Albanian exile writer Tajar Zavalani’s history of Albania focuses on the Italian invasion of Albania in 1939.
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1962
Milovan Djilas:
Albania - Swallow it!
Yugoslav political figure Milovan Djilas, Tito’s emissary and later Tito’s foe, met Stalin in Moscow in 1948 where they discussed the fate of Albania, to which Stalin was eminently indifferent.
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1968
Ekrem Bey Vlora:
The House of Vlora:
Albanian Nobility ...
Writer Ekrem Bey Vlora stemmed from the wealthy landowning Vlora family. In this chapter from his memoirs, he describes his early life and his family in the last decades of Ottoman Albania. |
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1969
Stuart E. Mann:
Albania Then and Now
Memories of British linguist Stuart Mann who taught school in Albania from 1929-1931. |
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1971
Titos Jochalas:
On Albanian Migration to Greece
A study by Greek scholar Titos Jochalas about the history of Albanian migration southwards into central and southern Greece and their settlement there in the 14th century.
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1972
Musine Kokalari:
How the Social Democratic Party was created
Musine Kokalari was the first woman in Albania to publish a book. Here she describes her attempt to create a Social Democratic party in 1943 and how she was persecuted by the communist regime for the rest of his life. |
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1983
Abas Ermenji:
Overthrowing the Communist Regime
Abas Ermenji was a leading anti-communist resistance fighter during the Second World War. In 1949-1950 he was involved in a half-hearted Anglo-American attempt to overthrow the communist regime in Albania. In this interview, Ermenji describes the activities and how they were sabotaged by Soviet agent Kim Philby.
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