Before World War II, Albania was home to perhaps 300 Romaniote Jews — a Greek-speaking ethnic community. Most of them lived in Vlora, with a smaller community in Tirana and scattered Jewish ...

Zorba estimated that up to 3,000 foreign Jews found refuge in Albania during World War II. “Only 100 meters from here lived the Kurmaku family, one of the families that protected Jewish people ...

Before World War II, Albania was home to perhaps 300 Romaniote Jews — a Greek-speaking ethnic community. Most of them lived in Vlora, with a smaller community in Tirana and scattered Jewish ...

While there are no official estimates of the quantities of submerged munitions, experts estimate that at least 20 World War II wrecks are near Albania’s Adriatic coast. The teams are well-versed in ...

The island was ceded to Albania on in 1947, under the postwar peace treaty with Italy. The island was used as a naval base until December 2024 but has been open to the public since 2017.

Walk by the home of Albania’s former communist dictator Enver Hoxha in central Tirana and you may not even know it. There is no sign to mark its historical significance. The two-story residence ...

Zorba estimated that up to 3,000 foreign Jews found refuge in Albania during World War II. “Only 100 meters from here lived the Kurmaku family, one of the families that protected Jewish people ...

VLORË, Albania -- Under a cliff in Vlora bay, one of the most beautiful sites on the Albanian Riviera, a diver emerges from the water carrying an artillery shell which he carefully ...

Walk by the home of Albania’s former communist dictator Enver Hoxha in central Tirana and you may not even know it. There is no sign to mark its historical significance. The two-story residence ...

Albania saved Jews from Nazis. Now educators teach the Holocaust to a new generation Few youth know Albania is the only European country whose Jewish population was higher after WWII; a teachers ...