ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

ACA, Ministry of Royal Court, fund 150, year 1938, file V-58

Memo of the General Directorate of the Albanian Red Cross addressed to the Ministry of Royal Court on the situation and measures to be taken for the development of the Red Cross activity. (In the description of the income of the Red Cross are also included immovable property among others the following, in which cases the donors have been mentioned: 1. Olive groves of 638 trees located in Kryesi-Përcllesh of Tirana, donated by the belated Hasan Vogli; 2. Rreth property donated to the Red Cross by his Highness, the King along with the zoo-technical station in Xhafzotaj, which consists of 600 hectares, 200 of which have been taken by the above-mentioned station and the rest by local farmers who are in general experiencing a non-opportune economic situation. 3. The pine forest in Divjaka, donated to the Red Cross by his Highness, the King, with a surface area of 15 km length and 1.5 km width along the Adriatic coastline. 4. Property in Saranda, a valuable donation by his Highness, the King, which was given to the Red Cross on 24 March 1937.

ACA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, fund 151, year 1923, file 54

A letter that was received by our consulate in Athens which states that the so-called Konstantin Kena (from Livadh) of Përmet, who passed away in 1913 in Matai (Egypt) has left 20,000 Egyptian liras for the schools in Përmet. As the guardian for disbursement of this money was assigned the Greek government with its representation in Përmet. Please conduct the necessary investigation on this matter and inform us of conclusions. Based on the information we have, many other Albanians have left money to the benefit of schools in Albania, however this money seems to be deposited in Greek banks. It would be reasonable to prepare a list with the names of these benefactors and the amounts of money and the currency they have left their donation in. Minister of Foreign Affairs

(Information compiled by the Ministry of Interior and sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 18 August 1923)

Following this memo No.12488, dated 26.06.1923 we have the honor of sending attached a copy of the will of Konstantin Zhapa from Labova and copies of the wills of other benefactors from Gjinokastra submitted by memo Nr. 3509/18 dated 6.8.1923 of the Prefecture of Gjirokastra, which

states in that memo that in addition to those [names above], it has been informed that the following have left respectively: Vangjel Zhapa from Labova 1,200 drachma Qirjako Llapa from Dhrovjani 10,000 drachma Theodor Tatari from Dhrovjani 570 drachma Spiro Xhaferi from Dhrovjani 1,000 drachma Dhespina Zisos Cuni from Dhrovjani 440 drachma Petro Prackes from Dhrovjani 30,000 drachma Dhimitri Elimit from Livina 8,500 drachma From which with the exception of the last two (that all the 20,000 drachmas have been left to the elementary school in Dhrovjan village and all the 8,500 drachma have been left to the schools of Livina), the other amounts have been left to Dhrovjan village and have been deposited in the National Bank of Greece. The schools have the right to withdraw only the interest accrued and not the actual initial amount, with the exception of the amount left by Vangjel Zhapa, which is to be sent to the schools of Upper and Lower Dhrovjna annually by the Zhapio Commission in Athens. Attached were sending a list of the benefactors from Korça, which reflects also the amounts deposited in the National Bank of Greece.

The Prefecture of Korça writes that their wills are deposited in the Metropolis over there and that they are written in the Greek language. Minister of Interior Rauf Fico

CSA, Prime Minister’s Office, fund 149, year 1936, file V-217.

The Ministry of Interior sends to the Prime Minister’s Office its opinion memo on poverty on 8/5/1936.

This ministry has observed that poverty exists at a very high degree and begging is spread extensively. Unfortunately in our country not only are the charity institutions lacking everywhere, but what is worse is the fact also the feeling of philanthropy to the proper degree is lacking as well. Probably among the beggars one finds lazy people who have turned begging into a habit, however, in most of the cases the elderly people, the disabled, the blind, the widows with little children are pushed to begging as a result of their extreme needs. Thus, with the goal of identifying the possibility of establishing a charity institution, as it would be the establishment of housing for elderly, disabled and blind, the ministry has established a commission that would look into the possibility of raising funds for this purpose and the findings of this commission would be elaborated in the report attached. We would like to remind the Prime Minister’s Office that his Highness himself, the King, has taken an interest in this issue through the royal order no. 374, dated 5.8.1935 addressed to the Prime Minister’s Office.