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Ambassador Rodkin brought again to the attention of the participants of the Tirana event the fact that Albania was the only country that had more Jews at the end of the Nazi period than at the beginning. Albanians also saved foreign Jews who moved to Albania, he said not sparing gratitude of the Israeli people towards Albanians across their country
In 1943, when Refik Veseli, a photographer’s apprentice, smuggled his mentor Moshe Mandil and Mandil’s family across Albania to escape the Nazis, he didn’t see himself as particularly heroic.
Even in the darkest times, there are heroes—though sometimes they may be the people we least expect.
The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee Campus The event celebrates the rescue of thousands of European.
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian police say they have taken extreme steps to secure the.
Tel Aviv, Izrael
https://www.timesofisrael.com/albanian-creator-wins-israeli-award-unruffled-by-nobel/
“Dance Me to the End of Love” (Kërce me mua deri në fund të dashurisë).
https://www.jpost.com/page.aspx?pageid=7&articleid=361259
At a meeting with the World Jewish Congress-Israel and the Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR) in Jerusalem, Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati spoke of his country’s friendship for Israel and also its wartime history as a sanctuary for Jews fleeing the Holocaust.