I am an American Jew who loves Albania. No matter what anyone may ever say, Albania helped save us from those who wanted to kill us because we were Jews. People in America who have never heard of Albania ask me why do you love Albania and the Albanian people. I tell them, Because they are some of the true heroes of Europe, they are true human beings and the entire world should thank them for their noble example. God bless Albania and the Albanian people. Someday I will visit Albania.
art cafe edhe jahundit na kan ndimuar Neve . Lufta e Kosoves ne Evrop eshte quajter lufta e Olbrightit aja ka qen Jude kshtu se ne duhet Ti Faliminderojm mos me kan judet e amerikes ne Sod nuk ishim ne kosov Ma . Per konfliktin me Palistinezet eshte tjeter theme,
I watch this with tears in my eyes as a Kosova Albanian living in Australia, remembering God's solemn promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, "I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you." Thankyou for posting this video.
It had nothing to do with islam but rather with the Code of Honour aka the Code of Leke Dukagjini by which all Albaniand lived for 500 years. Besa and Albanians much older than islam!
Genc Geci that might be true only if other Muslim nations didn't do exactly like the Albanians... besa might be an old culture, and great, but Egypt, Morocco, Syria, Iran who recieved thousands of Jewish refugees didn't have Besa in common, they had Islam in common. so, your theory is wrong..
CCSet BLOCK you realise that the concept of Besa is derived from pre christian illyrian paganism and not only that. The Kanuns/Canons weren't only popular in Illyria, but ancient Greece, Dacia, and Thracia as well. Islam is fairly new...
Wow!! Well done Dardan! I’m a Dutch Jew and they never heard, not even once, about this story of Albanian bravery!!! What an amazing story! And extremely well told. Brilliant documentary. Now I have to figure out why is nobody talking about Albania and the Jews during WWII… for comparison, 90% of Dutch Jewry was murdered by the Nazis with Great help from the Dutch authorities… (addresses, trains et cetera…
Albanians are the biggest hearted people who still live based on their ancient traditions, honour and hospitality. Albanians historically have opened the doors to all peoples in need, doesn't matter which nations they were. Albanians are the real " Ancient Greeks". Their traditions which are perfectly described in Homer's Illiad and Odyssey are the same traditions that Albanians still follow to this day. Even Greek historians are accepting this fact right now. Albanians opened their doors to slaves Jews brought by the Romans in Europe almost 1000 years ago when their ship happened to get shipwrecked in Albanian borders. There are still ruins of a synagogue in Southern Albania founded many centuries ago by this Jewish Community. Albanians opened their doors to Slavs too, but after they got too comfy, they started pushing and kicking Albanians out of their homes. Albanian opened their doors to Greeks during their civil war when there were hungry people looking for survival. Albanians opened their doors again to Kosovar Albanians during the 90- s when Albania was in a very poor state those timings. Still people took Kosovar Albanian in their tiny apartments and shared with them everything they had. Albanians historically never attacked any other nation and this is the reason Albanians are so proud in being Albanians. They always sided with the weakest and people in need and never with the bullies. Europe destroyed Albania by partitioning its lands to our greedy neighbours who created their newly states with Albanian populated areas and didn't wait too long to start genociding and ethnic cleansing Albanians from their homes. Albanians by being attacked in all sides and no allies whatsoever, escaped to the mountains and shut their doors to the outside world in order to survive. That's why nobody knew what really happened to Albania and their noble traditions to save Jews. Albanians didn't particularly saved Jews because they were Jews, they would do the same to every other people in need. It is very deep in Albanian culture protecting someone in need and offering refuge. Our neighbours always have speculated that Albanians are primitive people, that they are not able to abide by state laws, but in reality Albanians have the most Ancient code of laws in European continent( an object of study almost the scholars). Albanians lived in a " time capsule" in their mountains stronghold, holding very tight to their language, culture and traditions and living with honour and loyalty. ( foreign words in Europe). This is the thing that has always bothered our neighbours, that we don't adjust to their lifestyles and we don't get assimilated. It is a very rich culture in Albania, totally unique, that we cherish it warm-heartedly as that is the legacy left behind from our ancestors.
I saw last summer the BESA-exhibition from Yad Vashem! When I saw it I was very touched about all this gorgeous stories. For July 2013 I ordered last week this exibition for the place where I live! Thanks so much for posting this video - it's very awesome and touching !!!
As I stated before, we don't want a "thank you" for what we did, as we don't anyone to thank us that we breath. We thank the jewish people who were our guests. An Albanian house will always shelter people in need. Albania will always be a save heaven for jews, we don't betray our word. Thank you, for beeing our guests.
Makedon i knew that Macedonian mental is same as Greek mental and Serbian mental against Albanians but there are good people out there thnx man respect
I'm proud to be Albanian this video is so real true and touching, a village called QARRISHTE in a region where im from 26 Jews lived for two years and saved . God bless Albania 🇦🇱 and Israel 🇮🇱
Understand this about Albanians!! Religion in Albania dosent mean so much! Patriotism, Braviory and Hospitality are the first prioritys!!! Even tho there are muslims, orthodox, christians, jews ect the culture is the same!! A true Albanian is understanding and shows RESPECT!! But Albanians never forget or forgive if u have done something bad!! They are BRAVE and dedicate there lives to HONOR there names and REVENGE there enemies!! Dont mind what serbs or greeks say. They know very little and talk very much!
Dave Hobbs there’s well documented cases where entire villages of Albanians would convert to Islam just to piss off their village priest during ottoman times. That’s how religious Albanians were. The fact that Hoxha was able to abolish religion so fast in Albania tells of this lack of religious conviction
It was God who created the world, so ofc we should have religion.. But we dont fight for it that much. We have more country to think about after all shit we take from people... and what goes within our countries... We must have belief and God.. but we dont fight eachother for it... it comes form loyality ....
@@JulieJLofficial we talking here about the Jews in Europe ! There was no Palestine who been in Europe to have a reason to escape . Albanians suffered as well from the wars were the Palestinens there for us ? No ! So what do you want ? We are from Europe we have our own interests and problems and you are in the Middle East we had no connection or any real relationship.
Albania is an amazing country with great people. I have visited your beautiful country a year and a half ago, and sure will visit again. Still have more places to see and more people to meet.
MY experience and understanding of Albanians is that they are still ( thank God) people with the highest level of interreligous understanding in Europe. This is why the saviors of Jews were both Muslim and Christian Albanians, from Albania and Kosovo alike.....
+tjb70 , it is not Zog who safed people ...... its the Albanian culture...... allways fight for the week and freedom....... i hope one day you will vizit Albania , and you will foll in love with it .....
God bless my Great Albania, I'm proud of my grandparents that saved innocent people. I will do the same because our BESA is greater than fear,BESA is our religion, the word of god for humanity.
I've just discovered that Johanna Neumann (the woman with the yellow shirt in the video) died today, 27.04.2017. She was a great lover of the albanian people and she will surely be missed. Rip Johanna
Oh no. Sorry to hear that! May she R.I.P. From an Albanian who heard her story. P.S My dad's Uncle as well had Jews in his farm, working alongside him in his land. My father always told us this stories, but I was little and I didn't pay that much attention at that time. Now I can understand the importance of such acts. Nobody knows that even my Dad's uncle had been a part on saving Jews in Albania. By the way, my family comes from Dibra region, North East Albania.
May she rest in peace. I thank her and her family for her kind words and dedication to tell her story. May the Albanian people never forget the meaning of besa. ❤️
what a wonderful example to all of humanity. Would that others would learn the lessons of bravery, compassion, and care exhibited by the people of Albania during those dark times.
Albanians protected Europe from Ottomans for over 30 years, heroes of Catholicism in Europe, they protected Jews from Nazi's, they helped Greece to take it's independence from Ottoman Empire but history speaks only bad for Albanians because neightbor countries want to steal their history. Dont forget mother Teresa that was Catholic and helped Indians she won the nobel price for peace. Albanians support Jews, only some uneducated Albanians that feel closer to Turkey hate Jews but they are not many
Big Albania is coming soon, God will bless us with his Grace because we give grace abundantly. Illyria is the great Future Albania!! Thank you Israel and every other nation that helped us and values us .
@art cafe kerko ne youtube izraeli ndihmon kosoven, ka vidjo ku izraeli merr refugjat nga kosva, ku izraeli sjell ushqime veshje mbathje ilace dhe doktor
And what are we doing for Albania now ? They have been suffering and getting smaller and smaller by Greece Serbia Macedonia Montenegro .we should at least recognize Kosovo .
Tony Carlebach it makes sense for Israel to recognize Kosovo. After all, you are America’s closest ally. Plus Albania tends to support Israel’s investments in our country. You gotta give back. This will make our relations even better
Albanian was built in loyalty ,generosity,morals ,and kindnes but albania is betrayed by its own people who choped and change names try for 1000 years to destroy and asimilaye the oldest lenguage witnes of truth ,the library of aleksand is burnt with a deleted history and truth .we didnt have religion but we had belief of our country .loylta,generosity,bravery ,pride,morals and unity.but now they imponed with force for decades all religions ,multi religions but no racism betwen cuz relligion is unity and not diversity
@Orgesti Ambrosiana ore mik nuk eshte debate kjo, mbiemrat turk kan ngel nga pushtimi qe boni turku por shkijet kur nuk kan pushtu shqiperin ..mbiemrat turk jan vu me forc vla po slavvet skan sulmu shqiperin per 400 vjet ..kto me mbiemra slav qe nuk i kan kthy shqipe se di ca jan por sjan per atdheun
To those who don’t know Albania, First of all never mix tradition with religion, tradition is what makes as Albanian , we Albanians bow to our tradition history and flag. Religion is just an imported future that survives some people,religions are all respected but not taken to seriously in Albania, Besa/Kanuni is part of our heritage/tradition and is what distinguishes an Albanian from other nations, Good bless Albania 🇦🇱
I really think that Albanians risked themselves just to save others life. And whats the most impresionate gesture : We did it and didnt ask nothing for Return.
What our grandfathers and great grandfathers did for the Jews during WW2 is something that can't be described by words. In the middle of the night someone knocks on your door and next thing you know there's this man with a sack of flour who just drops it at your doorstep and leaves!, Truly Amazing!. This is what our ancestors have taught us, if you help someone DO NOT ever mention that!.
And you should be. Let these haters fuckers talk as much as they want, I'm Israeli that visited Albania, and I absolutely loved it! Albanians are amazing people, i experience it first hand.
God bless Albania l love Albania so hospitable they are. of course Africans will equally not tolerate the nonsense Nazis did. u are hospitable like Africans. my heart goes out to ur entire nation Bless u bless u bless u (from Cameroon)
Zoti i rujt dhqiptart falenderojm per gjith ata qe flasin drejt dhe qe nuk e harrojn tmirat e shqiptarve populli shiptar nurk urrejen askand as ni fe as rac nuk e urrejn per pos armiqve respekt per qdo ken qe tregon tmirat tona
12 лет назад+11
Mindblown how good they speak Albanian language. Amazing, thanks a lot for this documentary.
besa is not just a code of honor, but a culture developed over thousands of years, besa is like bushido code of japan, but in the Japanese only samurai had it, but in the Albanians it is in every family
Ahahahahahahahaha I love that Slavic irony on you . But guess what ? Everything you said it is true (except for Kosova, it's independent for the moment, but very soon will join Albania) ! Disgusting Serb ! End of story !
than you sir for spreading the truth for the albanian people, im an albanian leaving in the usa...you are welcome in albania anytime and we love you too! peace
Respect for this comment! You said it all My grand mother still tell me alot about jews saved by the people of my city in Albania. Some people risked they lifes but they did it and i'm very proud of the albanian people who did that! I think too many people hate us but we don't hate them, we don't hate anyone, we just fought against those who attacked us (Turks and Serbs) that's all and today i say you are all welcome, no matter where you from, You are all welcome in Albania !
I'm very moved by this program, I feel proud of being an albanian and I think we would have done that for anyone not only for the Israeli people. Long live secular Albania.
As an Albanian and muslim myself I must say that it wasn't only muslim families who saved the jewish people but most Albanians in Kosovo happen to be muslim. The Besa is more of a lifestyle and doesn't have anything to do with any religion. That's why we manage until today to identify as 1 people no matter what religion anybody belongs to. To all the jewish people: may you and your families find peace and healing wherever you may live today❤️
I‘m Proud to be Albanian. I remember the words of my grandfathet telling me how he rescued tow Jewish family , taking them at his home and telling to the Germans that they was his sons and their family. God Bless the Jewish People.
I am an Albanian girl living in Albania and I want to everyone who's reading my comment to recognize kosovo as Albanian land ,I don't care what Europe governments shit about Albania,but makes me laugh because I'm grow from 2 parents who lived in communism time and work their ass off and never did something bad but working hard with honestly and helping everyone even we used to be so poor so anyway I love Kosovo and would like people from any country talk something nice about Kosovo and not let them under Serbian power anymore
Yunus: No! Besa does not mean besim(faith). Besa means oath. It has got nothing to do with religion. It is equally adhered to, by every Albanian; be they from Abrahamic beliefs or atheists, agnistic etc.
All we, the people, who ever feels a human being, should always raise the voice against the injustice and persecution that is made unfairly to a group of people, with a religion,race or blood excuse, but in reality it is all made about power and wealth of some heartless monsters so called "human beings" too. there were tears in my eyes while watching this video, and never before i felt so proud, so so proud to be Albanian, as i am feeling now. love for all good people all around the world
AMAZING... History... Brave Albanian Nation, Bless you All, Best Wishes Healthy Happiness Success Prosperity. 18.4.2023 Memorial Holocaust Day, Only today from t.v. program, I knew about that part of Great History. Be Proud of Yourselves Wonderful Albanians. As a daughter of Holocaust survivor, I am very sensitive to Holocaust issues. And study more and more about the Hard time during the 7 years 1938-1945. my mother arrived Aushviz Birkenow in train from Budapest 6/1944 lost her family there. thanks to Russian army liberated the Camps 27.1.1945 she survived. Yuri Shapiro the Major was Jews himself. Great Love from Israel .
Righteous and brave albanians,who put their own lives in danger,in order to save people.BESA the "word of honor" most significant Code of Ethics protecting guests and humans.
Albanian Christians, Muslims, and Atheists saved Jews. That's because of the Besa code of honor and ethics. All Albanians of all faiths risked their lives to save the Jewish people.
yes, albert einstein had to go to albania because news popped up in the jewish community that a small state in europe was saving them and they went to albania. Einstein was kept 3 days in a royal hotel if im right and was given an albanian passport to go to the US and an albanian name funnily enough. There was not a single jew sent towards the nazis in albania, and many albanians died doing this amazing humanitary gesture to save prosecuted people because albanians were prosecuted aswell before the jews and knew how it feels.
Kanuni ka qene permbledhje dhe “standartizues’ i vlerave egzistuese te popullit, eshte nje pasqyrim i kultures sone jo baza e sjelljes se shqiptareve sepse te njejten sjellje kishin dhe familjet e Shqiprise se Mesme e te Jugut.
My father was born in Feb 1943 in Albania, and at that time my grans were hiding a Jewish family somewhere from ex Yugoslavia. The lady of this jewish family, apart from her own children, took care of my father too. My family used to make fun of this later on calling my father “The Jew” of the home! This family made it safe after the war, and I’m pretty sure that they were treated as part of our family, and knowing my grandma she would had share the last piece of bread with them with no strings attached. Unfortunately, due to the 45 years of communist isolation, we lost track of them! I was trying in vain to get any facts or details about this family, but we didn’t have photo or any fact about them! Indeed, Albania became nevertheless a safe heaven for those Jews who entered the country and this makes me feel proud about my family and country history. PS, I’m a Christian Orthodox family, but when it comes to saving other humans, religion doesn’t matter!
I am impressed by this bravery. I am also impressed by this great preservation of Albanian language by the Jews, a language often not so well preserved by Albanian Muslims and Christians when they move around the world for a better life. Makes me really happy to have watched this, somehow I am going to sleep now with this feeling of joy and greater belief in human kind.
Thanks to all Jews who told the story when we stood by your side in the darkest hours! People survived so there stories can be heard. BESA - there isn’t a translation, just interpretations of it. It is deep rooted!
Albanian culture has not distinguished between peoples who have needed help. As we helped the Jews, so we came to the aid of our neighbors around ethnic Albania, but unfortunately these neighbors not only forgot our help, but also killed us, massacred us and drove us from our lands.🇦🇱🇽🇰
Albanian people wuld open dhere dors to anyone and we hawe good hospitality we are sharing and caring people and we are wery proud beeng Albanian and we hawe Bessa and dhats respekt whatewer does not kill Albanians at makes dham stronger long lives Albania love/ love
It is natural for any Albanian brought up with genuine Albanian values to be proud of this particular part of their history-they were saving Human lives! At the same time this is a good antidote to those who suffer from Albanophobia and still disseminate their propaganda that Albanians were Nazi allies during the WWII and ethnically cleansing the Serb people.True, there were some like that, but judging a whole people by its rotten parts is sick.There are Good and bad people in any nation.
I am Albanian, I explain in a few words the Albanian people and the culture, the Albanian people and the Albanian culture and equal to a court condemns the guilty and protects the innocent people, an Albanian is a man of honor, brave, has a lot dignity, and a lot of humanity, (Albanian man in the year 1400 he was like a mountain he was the terror of the Ottoman Empire) and a man who keeps his word does it out of respect for the kanun code and his ancestors and homeland, when an Albanian helps you he doesn't want anything in return he would even give you his food but it is important never to betray an Albanian because you lose him for life,I'm sorry for my english.
One thing people should know BESA was created by Leke Dukagjini a catholic Albanian but BESA has nothing to do with Islam or Christianity is an Albanian thing. Not only Muslim Albanians saved jews but all Albanians saved them. Long Live Israel love from Albania!
Kjo Histori e trishtë e vuajtjeve dhe persekutimit të popullit të pafajshëm Hebre për përkrahjen dhe mbrojtjen e tyre më bën shumë krenarë dhe më bën edhe ma Shqipëtarë.
I am an American Jew who loves Albania.
No matter what anyone may ever say, Albania helped save us from those who wanted to kill us because we were Jews.
People in America who have never heard of Albania ask me why do you love Albania and the Albanian people.
I tell them, Because they are some of the true heroes of Europe, they are true human beings and the entire world should thank them for their noble example.
God bless Albania and the Albanian people.
Someday I will visit Albania.
What about the Turks who saved their Jews. What about the Moroccans , algerians, Libyans, Egyptians who saved their Jewish neighbours.
You are welcome in albania
@art cafe ky esht amerikan me fe cifute, esht e njejta gje ti kerkosh llogari nje serbi nga mali i zi per krimet e serbeve ne kosov
art cafe edhe jahundit na kan ndimuar Neve . Lufta e Kosoves ne Evrop eshte quajter lufta e Olbrightit aja ka qen Jude kshtu se ne duhet Ti Faliminderojm mos me kan judet e amerikes ne Sod nuk ishim ne kosov Ma . Per konfliktin me Palistinezet eshte tjeter theme,
@art cafe
I agreed..
God bless the albanians with their traditions and costumes, the most brave and faithful people in the world!
You are welcome 🇦🇱 4 ever like you home god blesse you
I watch this with tears in my eyes as a Kosova Albanian living in Australia, remembering God's solemn promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, "I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you." Thankyou for posting this video.
thank you albania from israel we love albania and USA
prongs82 yeah
It had nothing to do with islam but rather with the Code of Honour aka the Code of Leke Dukagjini by which all Albaniand lived for 500 years. Besa and Albanians much older than islam!
Genc Geci that might be true only if other Muslim nations didn't do exactly like the Albanians... besa might be an old culture, and great, but Egypt, Morocco, Syria, Iran who recieved thousands of Jewish refugees didn't have Besa in common, they had Islam in common. so, your theory is wrong..
Besa is not Older then Islam I'm Albanian my self Islam inspired Besa
CCSet BLOCK you realise that the concept of Besa is derived from pre christian illyrian paganism and not only that. The Kanuns/Canons weren't only popular in Illyria, but ancient Greece, Dacia, and Thracia as well. Islam is fairly new...
Wow!! Well done Dardan! I’m a Dutch Jew and they never heard, not even once, about this story of Albanian bravery!!! What an amazing story! And extremely well told. Brilliant documentary. Now I have to figure out why is nobody talking about Albania and the Jews during WWII… for comparison, 90% of Dutch Jewry was murdered by the Nazis with Great help from the Dutch authorities… (addresses, trains et cetera…
Albanians are the biggest hearted people who still live based on their ancient traditions, honour and hospitality. Albanians historically have opened the doors to all peoples in need, doesn't matter which nations they were. Albanians are the real " Ancient Greeks". Their traditions which are perfectly described in Homer's Illiad and Odyssey are the same traditions that Albanians still follow to this day. Even Greek historians are accepting this fact right now.
Albanians opened their doors to slaves Jews brought by the Romans in Europe almost 1000 years ago when their ship happened to get shipwrecked in Albanian borders. There are still ruins of a synagogue in Southern Albania founded many centuries ago by this Jewish Community. Albanians opened their doors to Slavs too, but after they got too comfy, they started pushing and kicking Albanians out of their homes. Albanian opened their doors to Greeks during their civil war when there were hungry people looking for survival. Albanians opened their doors again to Kosovar Albanians during the 90- s when Albania was in a very poor state those timings. Still people took Kosovar Albanian in their tiny apartments and shared with them everything they had.
Albanians historically never attacked any other nation and this is the reason Albanians are so proud in being Albanians. They always sided with the weakest and people in need and never with the bullies. Europe destroyed Albania by partitioning its lands to our greedy neighbours who created their newly states with Albanian populated areas and didn't wait too long to start genociding and ethnic cleansing Albanians from their homes.
Albanians by being attacked in all sides and no allies whatsoever, escaped to the mountains and shut their doors to the outside world in order to survive. That's why nobody knew what really happened to Albania and their noble traditions to save Jews. Albanians didn't particularly saved Jews because they were Jews, they would do the same to every other people in need. It is very deep in Albanian culture protecting someone in need and offering refuge.
Our neighbours always have speculated that Albanians are primitive people, that they are not able to abide by state laws, but in reality Albanians have the most Ancient code of laws in European continent( an object of study almost the scholars).
Albanians lived in a " time capsule" in their mountains stronghold, holding very tight to their language, culture and traditions and living with honour and loyalty. ( foreign words in Europe).
This is the thing that has always bothered our neighbours, that we don't adjust to their lifestyles and we don't get assimilated. It is a very rich culture in Albania, totally unique, that we cherish it warm-heartedly as that is the legacy left behind from our ancestors.
I saw last summer the BESA-exhibition from Yad Vashem! When I saw it I was very touched about all this gorgeous stories. For July 2013 I ordered last week this exibition for the place where I live! Thanks so much for posting this video - it's very awesome and touching !!!
As I stated before, we don't want a "thank you" for what we did, as we don't anyone to thank us that we breath. We thank the jewish people who were our guests. An Albanian house will always shelter people in need. Albania will always be a save heaven for jews, we don't betray our word. Thank you, for beeing our guests.
i am proud to be albanian i got emotional watching this god bless albanians wherever they are
God Bless Albania!!
GOD BLESS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY,WE LOVE IZRAEL
Makedon i knew that Macedonian mental is same as Greek mental and Serbian mental against Albanians but there are good people out there thnx man respect
Elias Tsigaras i think you should pay your debt to Germany lololol
Elias Tsigaras o sorry for beeing a dick
Thanks
I'm proud to be Albanian this video is so real true and touching, a village called QARRISHTE in a region where im from 26 Jews lived for two years and saved .
God bless Albania 🇦🇱 and Israel 🇮🇱
Understand this about Albanians!! Religion in Albania dosent mean so much! Patriotism, Braviory and Hospitality are the first prioritys!!! Even tho there are muslims, orthodox, christians, jews ect the culture is the same!!
A true Albanian is understanding and shows RESPECT!! But Albanians never forget or forgive if u have done something bad!! They are BRAVE and dedicate there lives to HONOR there names and REVENGE there enemies!!
Dont mind what serbs or greeks say. They know very little and talk very much!
Sharpy Sharp one good thing about Hoxha is that he abolished religion and now Albania is very secular even though it has large Muslim population.
Dave Hobbs there’s well documented cases where entire villages of Albanians would convert to Islam just to piss off their village priest during ottoman times. That’s how religious Albanians were. The fact that Hoxha was able to abolish religion so fast in Albania tells of this lack of religious conviction
No that’s not what we are going to do if you look at all the stories it was Albanian Muslims who hid the Jews so we will give them credit for that
here we are talking for human lifes to be rescued..not for religions ..Shqiperia has a glorious past to be proud..thanks to be an Shqiptar
It was God who created the world, so ofc we should have religion.. But we dont fight for it that much. We have more country to think about after all shit we take from people... and what goes within our countries... We must have belief and God.. but we dont fight eachother for it... it comes form loyality ....
God bless this people saved Jewish people but Israeli goverment shuld recognise Kosovo state independent
Are you a Greek or an Albanian with Greek citizenship? (With a changed name and surname?)
Israel recognized Kosovo
Thank you
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 and have the same heart that Albanian had with Palestine people
Love to Israel from Albania 💛💛
@@JulieJLofficial we talking here about the Jews in Europe ! There was no Palestine who been in Europe to have a reason to escape . Albanians suffered as well from the wars were the Palestinens there for us ? No ! So what do you want ? We are from Europe we have our own interests and problems and you are in the Middle East we had no connection or any real relationship.
Albania is an amazing country with great people. I have visited your beautiful country a year and a half ago, and sure will visit again. Still have more places to see and more people to meet.
MY experience and understanding of Albanians is that they are still ( thank God) people with the highest level of interreligous understanding in Europe. This is why the saviors of Jews were both Muslim and Christian Albanians, from Albania and Kosovo alike.....
Albanians are good neighbour's and friends :)
Makedon thnx bro
Thank bro we both are goog people snd and good countrys . Damp the politics
I appreciate the friendly comment , you personally sound like a good man but your people have not been good friends or neighbors to us
ha sikhtir apo edw
We are not neighbours mate, we are one country, 50% of u are Albanians 🇦🇱👐🇦🇱
God bless the memory of King Zog, the righteous Albanians, and their descendants! (I am an American Jew who longs to visit Albania.)
+tjb70 King Zog was an traitor for us Albanians.
I just did some research. It is said that he basically sold his country to the Italians. How terrible!
tjb70 It is. He was a coward who also was responsible for having great Albanian men killed, i have no respect for him.
Well said, Naira.
+tjb70 , it is not Zog who safed people ...... its the Albanian culture...... allways fight for the week and freedom....... i hope one day you will vizit Albania , and you will foll in love with it .....
God bless my Great Albania, I'm proud of my grandparents that saved innocent people.
I will do the same because our BESA is greater than fear,BESA is our religion, the word of god for humanity.
Te lumt mendja vella!
Thanks
Jena kan vllazen tan po kena shit shit besen per dy lek e tash ata qe i jen pas perkrah na mohojn per qa per pushtet e pasuri
Besa. Is who makes us who we are🙏🙏🇦🇱🇦🇱
O karin na hongt tu u livdu o vorra
Thank you for posting this film. What a marvelous and lovely story of compassion.
I've just discovered that Johanna Neumann (the woman with the yellow shirt in the video) died today, 27.04.2017.
She was a great lover of the albanian people and she will surely be missed.
Rip Johanna
Oh no. Sorry to hear that! May she R.I.P. From an Albanian who heard her story. P.S My dad's Uncle as well had Jews in his farm, working alongside him in his land. My father always told us this stories, but I was little and I didn't pay that much attention at that time. Now I can understand the importance of such acts. Nobody knows that even my Dad's uncle had been a part on saving Jews in Albania. By the way, my family comes from Dibra region, North East Albania.
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May she rest in peace. I thank her and her family for her kind words and dedication to tell her story. May the Albanian people never forget the meaning of besa. ❤️
hundred movies about the nazis that massacred humans,none for the ppl that saved life.this is who we are,ppl with big heart.....proud to be shqipe
what a wonderful example to all of humanity. Would that others would learn the lessons of bravery, compassion, and care exhibited by the people of Albania during those dark times.
Albanians protected Europe from Ottomans for over 30 years, heroes of Catholicism in Europe, they protected Jews from Nazi's, they helped Greece to take it's independence from Ottoman Empire but history speaks only bad for Albanians because neightbor countries want to steal their history. Dont forget mother Teresa that was Catholic and helped Indians she won the nobel price for peace. Albanians support Jews, only some uneducated Albanians that feel closer to Turkey hate Jews but they are not many
Big Albania is coming soon, God will bless us with his Grace because we give grace abundantly. Illyria is the great Future Albania!! Thank you Israel and every other nation that helped us and values us .
@art cafe kerko ne youtube izraeli ndihmon kosoven, ka vidjo ku izraeli merr refugjat nga kosva, ku izraeli sjell ushqime veshje mbathje ilace dhe doktor
BESA e BUKA per mikun si ka mungu kurr Shqiptarit te vertet .
Jam krenare per shqiptarine. Kjo tregone besnikerine, trimerine, bujarine e popullit tone. Lume ai njeri qe shpetoi vetem edhe nje jete njeriu.
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Baruch Hashem to all Albanians and all the Righteous Among the Nations
And what are we doing for Albania now ? They have been suffering and getting smaller and smaller by Greece Serbia Macedonia Montenegro .we should at least recognize Kosovo .
Tony Carlebach it makes sense for Israel to recognize Kosovo. After all, you are America’s closest ally. Plus Albania tends to support Israel’s investments in our country. You gotta give back. This will make our relations even better
Albanian was built in loyalty ,generosity,morals ,and kindnes but albania is betrayed by its own people who choped and change names try for 1000 years to destroy and asimilaye the oldest lenguage witnes of truth ,the library of aleksand is burnt with a deleted history and truth .we didnt have religion but we had belief of our country .loylta,generosity,bravery ,pride,morals and unity.but now they imponed with force for decades all religions ,multi religions but no racism betwen cuz relligion is unity and not diversity
Kosovo has been recognized in 2008. But not for Albania, nowadays it's autonomne.
@@teddrakic6485 you are no albanian with that last name speak on your own brother
@Orgesti Ambrosiana ore mik nuk eshte debate kjo, mbiemrat turk kan ngel nga pushtimi qe boni turku por shkijet kur nuk kan pushtu shqiperin ..mbiemrat turk jan vu me forc vla po slavvet skan sulmu shqiperin per 400 vjet ..kto me mbiemra slav qe nuk i kan kthy shqipe se di ca jan por sjan per atdheun
To those who don’t know Albania,
First of all never mix tradition with religion, tradition is what makes as Albanian , we Albanians bow to our tradition history and flag.
Religion is just an imported future that survives some people,religions are all respected but not taken to seriously in Albania,
Besa/Kanuni is part of our heritage/tradition and is what distinguishes an Albanian from other nations,
Good bless Albania 🇦🇱
I really think that Albanians risked themselves just to save others life. And whats the most impresionate gesture : We did it and didnt ask nothing for Return.
I've been in Albania and I was very pleased to realise that the good convivence between population of differents faiths is a reality there.
A fantastic story. It just shows how amazing Albanian are! God bless Albanian people.
respect for albania and all the jewish people.
What our grandfathers and great grandfathers did for the Jews during WW2 is something that can't be described by words. In the middle of the night someone knocks on your door and next thing you know there's this man with a sack of flour who just drops it at your doorstep and leaves!, Truly Amazing!. This is what our ancestors have taught us, if you help someone DO NOT ever mention that!.
This is why i say : Im proud to be Albanian
And you should be.
Let these haters fuckers talk as much as they want, I'm Israeli that visited Albania, and I absolutely loved it! Albanians are amazing people, i experience it first hand.
Matt S thank you
thank you for making us feel proud,RESPECT FOR ALL
God bless Albania l love Albania so hospitable they are. of course Africans will equally not tolerate the nonsense Nazis did. u are hospitable like Africans. my heart goes out to ur entire nation Bless u bless u bless u
(from Cameroon)
Zoti i rujt dhqiptart falenderojm per gjith ata qe flasin drejt dhe qe nuk e harrojn tmirat e shqiptarve populli shiptar nurk urrejen askand as ni fe as rac nuk e urrejn per pos armiqve respekt per qdo ken qe tregon tmirat tona
Mindblown how good they speak Albanian language. Amazing, thanks a lot for this documentary.
SO PROUND OF THE ALBANAIAN PEOPLE MY FRIEND IS ALBAININ
I feel so proud of my country , and being Albanian!
I cried throughout the documentary. This small country is outstanding and always the underdogs but they have the greatest heart.
besa is not just a code of honor, but a culture developed over thousands of years, besa is like bushido code of japan, but in the Japanese only samurai had it, but in the Albanians it is in every family
Albanians are born with BESA, business religion's are for week people who don't believe in themselves.
Deri ne vdekje : Proud to be Albanian
Thank you for your gratitude and appreciation to our people.
Im proud 2 be Albanian!
GOD BLESS ALBANIA!
A TRUE SECULAR DEMOCRATIC STATE!
OUR BEST FRIENDS OF ALL TIME!
LOVE FROM AMERICA!
KOSOVO IS ALBANIA!
END OF STORY!
Ahahahahahahahaha
I love that Slavic irony on you .
But guess what ? Everything you said it is true (except for Kosova, it's independent for the moment, but very soon will join Albania) !
Disgusting Serb !
End of story !
Hello from Albania, please be thankful and helpful everyone whos reading this and recognize kosovo because we love kosovo
than you sir for spreading the truth for the albanian people, im an albanian leaving in the usa...you are welcome in albania anytime and we love you too! peace
Respect for this comment! You said it all
My grand mother still tell me alot about jews saved by the people of my city in Albania. Some people risked they lifes but they did it and i'm very proud of the albanian people who did that!
I think too many people hate us but we don't hate them, we don't hate anyone, we just fought against those who attacked us (Turks and Serbs) that's all and today i say you are all welcome, no matter where you from, You are all welcome in Albania !
At least they should recognize Kosovo as a thank you, for all Albanians did for them!
I'm very moved by this program, I feel proud of being an albanian and I think we would have done that for anyone not only for the Israeli people. Long live secular Albania.
So proud to be Albanian. We are the best ppl with ancient tradition and culture hospitality. We welcome everyone to visit our country ❤️🇦🇱🦅
As an Albanian and muslim myself I must say that it wasn't only muslim families who saved the jewish people but most Albanians in Kosovo happen to be muslim. The Besa is more of a lifestyle and doesn't have anything to do with any religion. That's why we manage until today to identify as 1 people no matter what religion anybody belongs to.
To all the jewish people: may you and your families find peace and healing wherever you may live today❤️
I‘m Proud to be Albanian.
I remember the words of my grandfathet telling me how he rescued tow Jewish family , taking them at his home and telling to the Germans that they was his sons and their family.
God Bless the Jewish People.
THANX FOR AMAZING VIDEO.KRENAR TE JESH SHQIPETAR DHE NE TE RINJET DUHET TI COJME METEJ KETO VLERA QE KA KY KOMB TRIM,BUJAR DHE FISNIK.
I am an Albanian girl living in Albania and I want to everyone who's reading my comment to recognize kosovo as Albanian land ,I don't care what Europe governments shit about Albania,but makes me laugh because I'm grow from 2 parents who lived in communism time and work their ass off and never did something bad but working hard with honestly and helping everyone even we used to be so poor so anyway I love Kosovo and would like people from any country talk something nice about Kosovo and not let them under Serbian power anymore
Zoti e Di Sa Tolerant Sa Popull i Fortt Dhe i Ndjeshumm Jemi...
Zot Beko Popullin Ton.
Yunus: No! Besa does not mean besim(faith). Besa means oath. It has got nothing to do with religion. It is equally adhered to, by every Albanian; be they from Abrahamic beliefs or atheists, agnistic etc.
Noble words, my friend. Good people will find each other, even when everything around them goes mad.
All we, the people, who ever feels a human being, should always raise the voice against the injustice and persecution that is made unfairly to a group of people, with a religion,race or blood excuse, but in reality it is all made about power and wealth of some heartless monsters so called "human beings" too.
there were tears in my eyes while watching this video, and never before i felt so proud, so so proud to be Albanian, as i am feeling now.
love for all good people all around the world
This history has make me cry and make think and to tell the world be friendly with Albanians because they will never forget u 😥😥
Greetings from Macedonia 🇲🇰🇦🇱
AMAZING... History... Brave Albanian Nation, Bless you All, Best Wishes Healthy Happiness Success Prosperity. 18.4.2023 Memorial Holocaust Day, Only today from t.v. program, I knew about that part of Great History. Be Proud of Yourselves Wonderful Albanians. As a daughter of Holocaust survivor, I am very sensitive to Holocaust issues. And study more and more about the Hard time during the 7 years 1938-1945. my mother arrived Aushviz Birkenow in train from Budapest 6/1944 lost her family there. thanks to Russian army liberated the Camps 27.1.1945 she survived. Yuri Shapiro the Major was Jews himself. Great Love from Israel .
"You see,we have guests and God send us good crops this year"
that of the wheat fields, at 10:30, was a truly precious story the old Jewish man told! 😌
Righteous and brave albanians,who put their own lives in danger,in order to save
people.BESA the "word of honor" most significant Code of Ethics protecting guests and
humans.
@20:40 Gergji Kone, one of my best professors ever! So glad to see him again here after over 30 years
Albanian Christians, Muslims, and Atheists saved Jews. That's because of the Besa code of honor and ethics. All Albanians of all faiths risked their lives to save the Jewish people.
very good move to help people in need,you can only find this trust very rarely to some nations,good on you albanian people
Thanks for sharing this
I wish this Besa oath was a part of most cultures!
true friends reveals them self in hard times,
Albaians save Albert Einstein .woou I didn't know it
yes, albert einstein had to go to albania because news popped up in the jewish community that a small state in europe was saving them and they went to albania. Einstein was kept 3 days in a royal hotel if im right and was given an albanian passport to go to the US and an albanian name funnily enough. There was not a single jew sent towards the nazis in albania, and many albanians died doing this amazing humanitary gesture to save prosecuted people because albanians were prosecuted aswell before the jews and knew how it feels.
Not true
This is who we are in reality! I don’t have words to describe how proud I am. 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱
The Kanun sets up very high standards for hospitality. "A man is answerable too, for his guest,
Kanuni ka qene permbledhje dhe “standartizues’ i vlerave egzistuese te popullit, eshte nje pasqyrim i kultures sone jo baza e sjelljes se shqiptareve sepse te njejten sjellje kishin dhe familjet e Shqiprise se Mesme e te Jugut.
My father was born in Feb 1943 in Albania, and at that time my grans were hiding a Jewish family somewhere from ex Yugoslavia. The lady of this jewish family, apart from her own children, took care of my father too. My family used to make fun of this later on calling my father “The Jew” of the home! This family made it safe after the war, and I’m pretty sure that they were treated as part of our family, and knowing my grandma she would had share the last piece of bread with them with no strings attached. Unfortunately, due to the 45 years of communist isolation, we lost track of them! I was trying in vain to get any facts or details about this family, but we didn’t have photo or any fact about them! Indeed, Albania became nevertheless a safe heaven for those Jews who entered the country and this makes me feel proud about my family and country history. PS, I’m a Christian Orthodox family, but when it comes to saving other humans, religion doesn’t matter!
Ich bin stolz das wir einer kleine Land sind ,aber mit einer grossen herz.
I am impressed by this bravery. I am also impressed by this great preservation of Albanian language by the Jews, a language often not so well preserved by Albanian Muslims and Christians when they move around the world for a better life. Makes me really happy to have watched this, somehow I am going to sleep now with this feeling of joy and greater belief in human kind.
I'm so proud to be Albanian🩸🇦🇱⛓
Thanks to all Jews who told the story when we stood by your side in the darkest hours! People survived so there stories can be heard.
BESA - there isn’t a translation, just interpretations of it. It is deep rooted!
thank you
those Albanians who sheltered Jews during World War II were all families belonging to the Islamic faith , respect all from 🇦🇱
I’m so glad to come across this video today better late than never🇦🇱🇦🇱✌️
Albanian culture has not distinguished between peoples who have needed help.
As we helped the Jews, so we came to the aid of our neighbors around ethnic Albania, but unfortunately these neighbors not only forgot our help, but also killed us, massacred us and drove us from our lands.🇦🇱🇽🇰
Long live Albania!
Your words warms my heart with joy :D
RESPECT ALBANIAN PEOPLE!
Albanian people wuld open dhere dors to anyone and we hawe good hospitality we are sharing and caring people and we are wery proud beeng Albanian and we hawe Bessa and dhats respekt whatewer does not kill Albanians at makes dham stronger long lives Albania love/ love
God bless the imperial ancient race of pelasgians and illyrians (nowadays albanians). World needs more of this special race.
This old gentleman is a little misinformed. Besa is an ancient, pagan
tradition of the Albanians that is not rooted in nowadays religions.
Torben Sloty Mckay at least 2000 years even b4 Christ
I m happy to by a Albanian kosova 🇽🇰🇦🇱
It is natural for any Albanian brought up with genuine Albanian values to be proud of this particular part of their history-they were saving Human lives! At the same time this is a good antidote to those who suffer from Albanophobia and still disseminate their propaganda that Albanians were Nazi allies during the WWII and ethnically cleansing the Serb people.True, there were some like that, but judging a whole people by its rotten parts is sick.There are Good and bad people in any nation.
mbravo popullit shqiptar jemi krenar qe jemi shqiptar
This makes me even more prouder to be Albanian!
Wait the Israelis on this video speak better Albanian then me lol
Agree lol
These people have lived in Albania all their life. Of course they speak perfectly Albanian.
I am Albanian, I explain in a few words the Albanian people and the culture, the Albanian people and the Albanian culture and equal to a court condemns the guilty and protects the innocent people, an Albanian is a man of honor, brave, has a lot dignity, and a lot of humanity, (Albanian man in the year 1400 he was like a mountain he was the terror of the Ottoman Empire) and a man who keeps his word does it out of respect for the kanun code and his ancestors and homeland, when an Albanian helps you he doesn't want anything in return he would even give you his food but it is important never to betray an Albanian because you lose him for life,I'm sorry for my english.
Its just a honor to be a albanian... Right now im so proud as i never was to be one of them.
Proud to be Albanian
Besa e Shqiptarit është Shqiptaria
Ksosovo -Pejë
The Land of Freedom Illyria Albania Dardania 🇦🇱🌷🇦🇱
One thing people should know BESA was created by Leke Dukagjini a catholic Albanian but BESA has nothing to do with Islam or Christianity is an Albanian thing. Not only Muslim Albanians saved jews but all Albanians saved them. Long Live Israel love from Albania!
Jo leke Dukagjini Por ka 2-3000 vjet qe besa Shqiptarit existon
Is there any way to access the soundtrack for this documentary? The soundtrack is amazing.
The soundtrack around 4:10 I think is the national hymn of Israel called Hatikvah/The Hope.
albanian my love.albanian BESA,antic code of illyrians.albanian descended for illyrians.albanian loved israel.
Kjo Histori e trishtë e vuajtjeve dhe persekutimit të popullit të pafajshëm Hebre për përkrahjen dhe mbrojtjen e tyre më bën shumë krenarë dhe më bën edhe ma Shqipëtarë.
BESA 🇦🇱
ILLYRIAN HONOUR 🇦🇱👏🏻