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Albanian Students Honor Holocaust Hero, Fight Antisemitism

3/18/2026

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Melisa Malo, 16, from Albania, learned about the Holocaust through a performance of The Diary of Anne Frank.
She and students from Gjimnazi Sami Frashëri commemorated Refik Veseli for hiding a Jewish family during World War II.
A delegation from Refik Veseli Schule in Berlin visited Tirana for International Holocaust Remembrance Day and urged action against antisemitism.
German Ambassador Karl Bergner urged students to uphold democracy and tolerance.

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Melisa Malo, 16, from Albania, learned about the Holocaust through a performance of The Diary of Anne Frank.
She and students from Gjimnazi Sami Frashëri commemorated Refik Veseli for hiding a Jewish family during World War II.
A delegation from Refik Veseli Schule in Berlin visited Tirana for International Holocaust Remembrance Day and urged action against antisemitism.
German Ambassador Karl Bergner urged students to uphold democracy and tolerance.