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 ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The former Lower Dublin Academy in Philadelphia is now set to be restored to its former glory. The local Albanian-American chapter of the Bijte E Shqipes organization acquired ...

(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 ...

Human rights activist Elsa Ballauri has assembled a collection of objects that showcase women’s changing role in Albanian society over the ages. Elsa Ballauri, an Albanian activist and journalist, has ...

Sinishta escaped from Yugoslavia to Austria in 1965, and after a stay in Italy came to the United States. He was first schooled by the Jesuits to become a priest, at a distinguished seminary in the ...

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 ...

(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 ...

The museum will occupy the House of Toptans in Tirana, Albania. (Aldo Bonata/Albania Ministry of Culture via JTA.org) David I. Klein Albania’s prime minister announced plans to open a museum in Tirana ...