Berisha visits Holocaust Museum

Mrs. Neumann, who currently works at the Holocaust Museum in Washington has survived to the Nazi terror through the support of an Albanian family. Her documentary is based on materials, facts and archive documents, bringing the history of a Jewish family in Albanai, the history of a nation that opened its doors and saved hundreds of Jewish families during the WWII.

“The first thought in your mind, when you visit this museum, is that there is nothing worse than the dictators, because they have a negative power over the people, for transforming them as human beings. I am very grateful to my nation, for what the Albanians did, and the same goes for the Jewish people, who trusted their lives to my fellow citizens”, Berisha declared.

Berisha handed the “Gratitude Award” to Mrs. Neumann, granted by the Tirana Mayor, Lulzim Basha, with the motivation “gratitude for her precious work and contribution in promoting the noble virtues of Albania and the Albanian Besa, for defending and saving the lives of all the Jewiesh people that were hidden in Albania during the Holocaust”.

“The Albanians deserve this price, not me. They put their lives in danger, together with the lives of their families, for saving the Jews. There are not enough words for explaining the courage that these people showed for saving the Jewish people in their country”, Neumann declared.

500 people were present in this documentary, high-rank government officials, senators, congressmen, diplomatic body members, Albanians of the Diaspora, and also the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Philip Reeker, Congressman Elliot Engel, the US Ambassador to Tirana, Alexander Arvizu, the Israeli Ambassador to the US, etc. The presentation of this documentary was a premiere that brings a positive evaluation to the Albanians, for the 100th anniversary of independence.

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