albania

In Albania, which saved Jews from the Nazis, educators teach the Holocaust to a new generation

Thousands of foreign Jews found refuge in Albania during World War II. Yet youths in this once-Marxist nation of 2.6 million know nearly nothing of that unique legacy.

EU and UN halt funding for Kosovo project honoring Albanian Nazi collaborator

The former house of Xhafer Deva, the interior minister of Albania’s collaborationist government, was set to be turned into a cultural center.

The Albanian flag flies over Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania on May 12, 2010. (Flickr/Thomas Quine)

Albania adopts International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of anti-Semitism

The definition describes various forms of anti-Semitism, including hatred and discrimination against Jews, Holocaust denial and, sometimes controversially, expressions of criticism of Israel.