TIRANA, April 14 / ATA/ Minister of Education, Sports and Youth, Evis Kushi received in her office Ambassador of Israel in Tirana Noah Gal Gendler.
They discussed on the current relations between our two countries, the possibility of their further promotion, and more specifically the role played by Albania in sheltering Jews during World War II.
“Albania was the only country where Jews found a safe haven at a time when in all other European countries they were being persecuted and killed en masse” – said Minister Kushi. She added that, “Based on values of hospitality of the Albanian people and the religious tolerance that characterizes us, over 2 thousand Jews were saved in Albania, in addition to those who had come here before the Second World War ”.
Minister Kushi also underlined that, “Today, with eyes from history, it is a pride for Albanian teachers and students to study deeply this chapter between the Albanian people and the Jewish people, in one of the periods that is considered one of the darkest in the history of mankind.”/p.s./
