On the occasion of January 27, the Holocaust Day, the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs organized in Shkodra, an activity for promoting the book “My Life under the Nazi Conquest” by Mimi Kamhi Ergas Faraxhi. Skënder Asani’s memorial book is translated into three languages, Albanian, Macedonian and English, and speaks of the memories of a Jewish family, which was assisted by a Shkodra family during the war.

At the Marubi Museum in Shkodra, Mimi Kamhi Ergas Faraxhi’s daughter, who’s baptized with the name Drita, met Ahmet Shurdha, whom is a representative of the visiting family of Shkodra. In her speech Drita Kamhi Ergas Faraxhi did not hide the emotions while she saw Shkodra, who said that she “remembered it in the dreams and was happy to find it.”

For his part, Ahmet Shurdha said that when the memories are real, then they serve the generations.

In his speech, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Ditmir Bushati stressed that during these five years Albania has joined the Holocaust memorial day activities, he has never felt the real emotion of what had happened. Minister Bushati said that through the Holocaust commemoration, we show respect for the victims, survivors and also we orient the new generation towards the challenges of the future.

The minister said “The ambassador mentioned the issues of anti-Semitism that seem to be gaining ground from the extremist politics that have certain political parties in Europe today, but equally important are the challenges related to violent extremism, totalitarian ideologies, and misuse of religious beliefs achieve certain political objectives.”

For Bushati, it is very important to take the initiative to improve the textbooks so that such stories can be shown more, creating a solid memory of turning to an education program for younger generations.

The Israeli ambassador to Tirana Boaz Rodkin said that “We must do all our efforts to combat intolerance, wherever and whenever it appears”.

73 years ago, on January 27, 1945, the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated by ending a tragic and ugly act in world history: the Holocaust, during which 6 million Jews were systematically destroyed.