I thank all of my Albanian brothers and sisters who saved us from the Nazis in World War 2. I'm honored to say that Albanoans are the best people in the Balkans and I love Albanians. Thank you guys from all my heart.
Shalom my friend. My grandparents were shot during -41 for sheltering the Jews from Thessaloniki 300km from our home in Prishtina-Kosovo. They were all taken from Thessaloniki i northern Greece in cooperation between the Greeks and Yugoslavs and deported to Belgrade first and than the camps. But grandparents and others destroyed the railway between Thessaloniki and Prishtina and thus could hide all of them.
BESA has nothing to do with Religion, it's the highest code of Honor Albanians live by to this day. It's the most Ancient code in the world. It's Illyrian-Albanian -From an Albanian Christian
+George Kastrioti no matter what religion an Albanian is, Besa will always be there. That's why we are the most fascinating culture in the world.. It's why the pope stopped by Albania for his first trip.
Besa got nothing to do with the religion at all , that was the main thing in albanian culture, that means you never sale your guest regardless of religion or anything else , but communism destroyed the most beautiful things that Albanian culture had
As an Albanian, who respects every religion or non-believers. Jews are always welcome in my home, we will cook you meals, give you drinks, give you a place to sleep. Our Albanian traditions are beautiful I must say ! Rroft shqiperia!
@@albaniansausage4556 Your comment proves how you have the lowest IQ of all peoples in Europe. You wouldn't even be in Europe today, if the Turks didn't bring you over to where you are now across Anatolia.
to all people that blame jews.. dont forget that albania is a country where all religions are respected, so that is the reason why jews fled to albania. they knew that albania was the only safe place to be in that time. Albert Einstein was to ALBANIA for 3 days after he got albanian passport then he continued his jurney to america
As an Albanian, I will give my input on the word Besa. Besa to me means your "word" when u give somebody your word, you can never go back on that. " Po ta Dha besen qe do truaj si syt e mi" meaning " I will give you my word to protect you as my eyes". Anyway, have a wonderful life to all of you.
As A black female whom studied the Balkans , Besa has nothing to do with religion it’s a mans honor , it literally is death before dishonor , if they shake on it and give you there word your good as golden becuz they will literally die before one hair on your head is touched and that’s facts . The Kanun is for all albanians of all religions they all follow the same laws set forth in the kunun .
If Albania recognizes Jerusalem as Israel capital, the Isrealis would probably do that in return, however Albania doesn't want to to go against the wishes of the EU since they want to join it.
@Orgesti Ambrosiana oh, I'm not Jewish or Isreali, I'm just stating that it could be the reason why they have not done that, and it is understandable, because at the end of the day, albania's main goal is to join the EU.
@Orgesti Ambrosiana Jam shqiptare për vetë e di mirë situatën. Po nuk ishte nevoja per të hyrë në BE, do të kishim bërë njëtin si Donald Trump, por në këtë situatë, Edi Rama s'kishte ku të luante, sepse ishte nevoja për të mbajtur njëtin mendim si BE-ja
What we learned here? Well if you are at risk then try and make it to Albania, You will be protected,sheltered,fed and have a bed to sleep, Well honestly that's very rare, Imho that's pure ♥. Bless Albania.
+Adriana Simoni Besa comes from the Illyrian Pagan Faith, and the Illyrian Religion MUST return to Albania, Pagan is for nationality, and patriotism, the only religion that identifies with your ethnicity.
Illyrian King beliving is personal thing i am muslim i can be catholik meaby tomorow wat is the problem but in the end of the day i am born and race ALBANIAN and proud to be
BESA is a ancient code in Albania that means that YOU PROMISE ABOUT SOME THING THAT YOU CAN'T BREAK IT ANYMORE EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO PAY WITH YOUR LIFE. This is described on ancient so - called KANUN OF LEK DUKAGJINI it is thousands years old which is in fact constitutional law where the ancient Albanians even in modern days some areas in North of Albania are implemented. When you give BESA even your ENEMY in your house is a MIK= FRIEND is untouchable after he leaves the house anything can happen. This is described on KANUN. What the Albanians did for Jews has to do with the Albanians character and moral laws. We Albanians never gotten to harm any country the on contrary the at her nations has harmed us. On this point the Jews have some thing in commons.
In Albania is a saying " The religion of Albanians is Albania" . In Albania all helped Jews not Only Albanin muslims. Albanian Catholics and Muslims are ONE is case of difficulty and need. I don't think that they were asking at that time are you a Catholic or a Muslim. But NOW they make everything about RELIGION. In my city , 95 % Catholic . My Parents told me that they welcomed many Jews families. Albanians never turned their back who asked them for help, hospitality, generosity and kind heart is typic of Albanian people. History has proven that. God Bless All Albanian People. Amen
Kaizer Zotac toka e karit ne kemi një kombë dhe një fe dhe ajo është Shqiptaria ore shkërdhat mos na trego tokën tënde nga interneti tregoje me vepra cub gari
@Kaizer Zotac edhe un jam tosk jam Mysliman te kam Komshi. Korca esht shqiptare jo ortodokse, edhe ce ka me shum Ortodoks, o lalke ska te shqiptaret qytet mysliman rrodoks ose katolik te gjitha qytetet jan qytete shqiptare
@Kaizer Zotac se lexova te gjith tekstin por mjaftoj aq sa lexova se skam koh te merrem me kte. Ti je nje ropqir grek qe se pjell bushtra dy her nuk e shaj fene ortodokse por te gjith ortodomset qe mendojn si ti se ka shum ropqir we na shajn fene jan me sbum pro grek se sa shqiptar. Tisje shqiltar se ke ber 10p gabime ne shkrim. Po cpate mer ropqir we na hodhe te ter ne nje thes un sta preka fene, bile i shaj dhe shwiptsret mysliman qe jan pro turqise. Ik shko ne greqi se per gjakprishur si puna jote ska ne shqipri
When I grew up in Albania we had so many Jews in my neighborhood we grew up like brothers, because we were so poor we could survive without each other good old times
Proud to be Albanian 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱 it’s part of our tradition. If you’re our guest you’re part of family no matter what religion you are. Human relationship are more important than religion
I'm Albanian American, my daughter married to a Jewish guy who come to USA with turist Visa, some people telling me "He married her for papers" But I don't believe it, because he is a very nice sweet young men, plus he is 27 and she is 20, she is a beutiful young lady, with beatiful soul and they love each other dearly and we thats why we gived our blessing to our daugher to marry a Hebrew.
Islam was in Albania before the Turks. Christians are still in Albania to this day. Even janisarries who learned about Islam could keep thier religion.
@@goonzsquad1 it wasnt present before ottoman invasion. After we got conquered we had no choice but to convert bcz of very high taxes which albanians couldnt pay
@@goonzsquad1 there is no evidence of albanians being muslim before the ottoman invasion,Not at all. And plus europeans at that time were totally devoted christians
The word "Besa" shows say and answer everything for the Albanians Past and future.We are the oldest Nation of this Old and Biatch Europe.God's Blessings Albanians and USA and all our friends around the world. They are righteouse and Proud people and in their Humblnes they show their Nobleness.Shalom my Hebrew friend.May God be with you and thanks for the video.
Wow beautiful video ❤️ I am an albanian muslim and it doesn‘t matter what religion you are we are all human being and there is something called humanity or humaneness. The majurity of us albanians are muslims but there are also a lot of christian albanians and thank god that we live in peace together because thats how it should be. Let us all accept the religion of each other no matter if you are a jew a christian or a muslim we are all human and believe in one god ❤️💙🕌🕍💒
the world needs to see this video to know that there are good Muslims and bad Muslims in the world and that Muslims are peaceful and not violent and that Islam is peace not violence
+Rushid Tahiri This is not about Islam but BESA. Besa isnt Islamic or Christian. The reporters minformed the audienxe, but as long as you arent a radical Muskim, I respect you.
I’m proud of all this comets that I see saying that “ BESA “ haves nothing to do with relegation, as Kosovo Albanian I’m honored and proud with all of you guys on this comments we can show the world 🌎 who we are , no mater what your believes or your religion is if we give you are word “ BESA “ means we will fight until the end and not sell or trade you for nothing . Every Country or nation have bad apples in the basket 🧺 nobody is perfect sometimes some moves and politics make us all look bad but when it comes to a people that have respect, discipline ,support and help the other nations we are there and we will never let no one to take away our land and FREEDOM UNITED ALBANIANS FOREVER 🇦🇱
+Mentor Pozhegu Shume e vertete..feja,politika dhe klasat,,e ndane njeriun. Ishin ato me shkerdhatat qe e ndan njerezimin,ato qe kishin me shume pushtet,gjithmon kane dashur te kishin gjithcka
idontknowwhattosay Armiku më i madh i njerëzimit ësht Ego. Bashkimi i njerëzimit ësht dashuri. Dashuria e ka kuptimin me jap kur nuk don me jap e jo me jap kur na dëshirojm me jap. Loja e jetës ësht me jap edhe me da.
Eshte menyre e interpretimit, njerezit jo te menqur nuk I kuptojne ose analizojne gjerat, po besojne thjesht ne ate qe munden, politika eshte gjeja me e felliqur dhe simbolizon te keqen, sensibilizimi eshte thelbesor dhe I domosdoshem per nje te ardhme te mire dhe te drejte.
The Law of "Lek Dugagjini" is Besa, Bes. is not from Muslim relagion, but is an Albanian culture. Albanians don't let relagion to come between Albanian culture and relegion.
Yes Albanians had the Besa (Faith), but in this day and age it does not reflect much as it did in the past, I hope God enlighten Us with Faith, Hope and Trust, God bless Israel and Albania
Besa - The Promise is an Albanian unique tradition embraced and followed through the centuries by people in Albania and it's nothing to do with any religion cos the main religion in Albania is the Albanism itself. This promise itself means protection, respect and help for the guest given by the host. The Jewish people during the nazi occupation were prosecuted and surrendered to them by many other European nations, that didn't happen in Albania because of the 'besa', treating the Jews as guests. So I say salute to the Albanian-Jewish good relationship for so many future years
Just like to point out that Albania doesn’t have an official religion. Albania has many religions that people practice. And Besa is not a religious thing, it’s a code of honor in Albania. 😊
Im sorry to hear today that we are 70 % muslims , i love my muslim brothers but iff its about history Albanians became muslims when turkish ottoman invaded ballkans, there was no church allowed and there were only mosk's to pray to,, we are a country very proud of ourselves, but calling Albania a muslim country i dont like it , couse what about me im not muslim , what happens, and as i know half of Albania are christians, we are proud of our national hero , but don't forget who he fought against, what did he showed to the whole world,, he was called the Christian Knight , a simbol of christianity that showed the world our values as people, we have 4 different religions in our country but we consider ourselves as Albanians religion is (albania)(being albanian) , alright ,,!?? Than the religion comes, not bcz i say , becouse thats what our poets have written since ages and i grow'ed learning these at school , grow'ed up with this culture that makes me say today these words, nobody cares what religion u have in albania , just be sure for this,
Albania is for Albanians religion comes second in Albania. Churches were allowed during Ottoman Empire. We have churchs over 1000 years old and still going after 500 years
Religion is like politics I only believe in God and I dont care about religion when it comes to my people. I love my albanian people, soon I hope for Big Albania! Vllezer e motra feja nuk esht kurgjo po shqiptarizmi vjen mas pari mos harroni me cilet ka luftu i madhi Skenderbeg! Hala sod i kena armik mos harroni se u derdh shum gjak per kto toka.
Im albanian and if i give my BESA to someone i will live by that word but to give my BESA it should have real meaning for life and honnour i will live bybthat its all for me its pride and honesty and many things to describe BESA to others is difficult but if we give BESA we live bybthat kode
i am Albanian Man and i come from mountain of north Albania. The word "BESA BES" is all of they have to protect our friend without difference for religion or skin color . i think this colture and this faithfulness we save for a long years , i am telling you for really Albanian people that they keep colture and religion without changing for 1000 years . if you are Albanian people and Grandfather have born in mountain and they are CHRISTIAN i swear that you feel safe next to them .
Albanians saving jews has NOTHING to do with islam or Christianity. It has everything to do with being ALBANIANS. The credit goes to Albanian Beautiful Traditions part of which is Besa. The Religion of Albanians is ALBANISM.
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!
This is the only nation that stood by your side during the WW2. The least you could do is recognise Kosova so that we know that you as a nation have honour !
Honor is not found when you are caught being the outlier defending a force that every other European Nation knew was destroying Europe and responsible for WW2. That speaks volumes about your character.
If you want to discuss the Besa in Albania, give in to google "forum-geschichte ag besa" and search on our forum. Also about other topics may be discussed.
Besa, Bes is the Code of the Honer "Lek Dugagjini" wich is still practise today in Northern Albania. They even make a movie about the Code is called "Forgivnes of the Blood" Albanian never let relegion get between each other because once Albanians were Christian's until Ottomans occupied Albanian, divided them by relagion but not by nationality or by their tradions because the of the Code of Honer keep Albanians United loving and caring. Mother Teresa was from my hometown Shkoder, Albanian. So it's to emphasise Albanian culture and not relagion.
Why do people mix religion with BESA? Albanians are not religious and we know NOTHING about Islam even though it is one of 4 religions in our country. We respect all religions but we are not bound by it. We are secular and Albanian, that's it.
There is a serbian tv show called Besa, which hijects Besa (the Albanian Code of Honor) from its realm of Justice, Honor and Humanity and puts it into the the realm of mafia and criminals, giving it negative connotations and promoting it as a property of mafia and criminals. In that show, there are only a few Albanian good guys, the rest of villans are Albanians (mafia and gangsters). While on one hand I am not one of those people who believe that crime-ganster-mafia shows like this one should be banned (bcs they are in essence anti-albanjan propaganda), I believe that those positive aspects of Albanian cultures (like authentic Besa, which is based on Justice and Honor, NOT blood feud/ vendetta per se) like this documentary above, should be made more visible and take much more media and public space than those naive and tasteless anti-albanian propaganda shoelws and movies that reduce Besa and any other Albanian cultural aspect to mafia and crime, spread in shows and movies like the recent serbian tv show called Besa, the "Taken" movie trilogy, or any other tv show or movie where most Albanians are bad guys. I think any intellegent person would like to see both sides of any coin.
@albafier111 the sacredness of the guest, along with everyone else is explained in that article you'll find by googling "The Ethical Structures of the Kanun"
@albafier111 heres another example of how a person becomes under your Bese and you have to do anything to protect his life. the second you tell someone welcome to my house and open your door, or when he steps in front of your house and property and you say WELCOME, that person is in ur Bese :) meaning from then on, till that person leaves, you'll have to do ANYTHIN and EVERYTHING to protect his life, even if that means giving your life and the lives of your entire family.
Albania is the only country in europe apart from france and uk who saved the jews and didn’t hand them over to the germans Even if it meant giving our own lives the BESA has his roots to 1400 When albania at the time was controlled by the ottoman empire BESA didn’t allow us to fall apart for being muslim christian etc. Our motto over here is:dont look mosques nor churches the religion of albanian is albania
Just read the two of your's conversation. That Rukia is very..... special. Obviously he has some issues. It's really sad that some people can be so hateful for no reason.
By the way look down at the rest of the comments because I sent you more, youtube didn't show you and I thanks you for fully understanding me. "in fact the Kanun was written by a catholic prince exclusively for the highlanders of the north" thank you for proving my point
turkish Ottoman Empire was same as nazi towards Albanian forced killed us converted to muslim besa nothing to do with muslim respect for Albanian muslim catholic forever respect for our Israel friends 🇦🇱🏴🇺🇸🇮🇱
It is so sad that this story was never told as well as the stories of those who betrayed jews was. It was lost the same way that the story of how the catholic church and many thousands of nuns and priest died helping Jews. Time for the truth to come out.
I thank all of my Albanian brothers and sisters who saved us from the Nazis in World War 2. I'm honored to say that Albanoans are the best people in the Balkans and I love Albanians. Thank you guys from all my heart.
Anytime
Shalom my friend. My grandparents were shot during -41 for sheltering the Jews from Thessaloniki 300km from our home in Prishtina-Kosovo. They were all taken from Thessaloniki i northern Greece in cooperation between the Greeks and Yugoslavs and deported to Belgrade first and than the camps. But grandparents and others destroyed the railway between Thessaloniki and Prishtina and thus could hide all of them.
Jewish Atheist thank you
ateist .today albanians ,yesterday ilirians .
ps thank you.
metalhead 93 Kosovo is Albania 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇺🇸👍
BESA has nothing to do with Religion, it's the highest code of Honor Albanians live by to this day. It's the most Ancient code in the world. It's Illyrian-Albanian
-From an Albanian Christian
+George Kastrioti no matter what religion an Albanian is, Besa will always be there. That's why we are the most fascinating culture in the world.. It's why the pope stopped by Albania for his first trip.
+George Kastrioti Thats why the Illyrian Pagan Religion needs to come back, because of BESA!
As an Albanian, I promise to protect all life as if it were my own
Besa got nothing to do with the religion at all , that was the main thing in albanian culture, that means you never sale your guest regardless of religion or anything else , but communism destroyed the most beautiful things that Albanian culture had
Its the Kanun Our Honor code it says everything read it if you want to
As an Albanian, who respects every religion or non-believers. Jews are always welcome in my home, we will cook you meals, give you drinks, give you a place to sleep. Our Albanian traditions are beautiful I must say ! Rroft shqiperia!
HAHAHA
Rroft Enver Hoxha 💪🚩!
You respect and helped save the most destructive forces within Europe. Completely shameful behavior.
@@prussiansocietyofamerica Yes those little kids were destroying Europe. Keep your American mouth shut you overweight heathen.
@@albaniansausage4556 Your comment proves how you have the lowest IQ of all peoples in Europe. You wouldn't even be in Europe today, if the Turks didn't bring you over to where you are now across Anatolia.
to all people that blame jews.. dont forget that albania is a country where all religions are respected, so that is the reason why jews fled to albania. they knew that albania was the only safe place to be in that time. Albert Einstein was to ALBANIA for 3 days after he got albanian passport then he continued his jurney to america
Gjirokastriti SHQIPTAR he actually got an Albanian citizenships as mr Daud sulejmani or David Solomon
Can we all just stop talking about religion and please just talk about how beautiful our Albanian traditions are ❤ Rroft shqiperia !
albanian are the greatest people in the world
As an Albanian, I will give my input on the word Besa. Besa to me means your "word" when u give somebody your word, you can never go back on that. " Po ta Dha besen qe do truaj si syt e mi" meaning " I will give you my word to protect you as my eyes". Anyway, have a wonderful life to all of you.
As A black female whom studied the Balkans , Besa has nothing to do with religion it’s a mans honor , it literally is death before dishonor , if they shake on it and give you there word your good as golden becuz they will literally die before one hair on your head is touched and that’s facts . The Kanun is for all albanians of all religions they all follow the same laws set forth in the kunun .
You are correct
You're right. Just one thing: the Besa is respected mostly in mid-north Albania
I’m Albanian, religion will always be second, being Albanian is first, I LOVE MY COUNTRY AND EVERYONE IS WELCOME
You are wrong.Islam should be first in your life.
@@kilershakazulu400shut up
plz Israel dont hesitate to recognize Kosovo.
They can't because of Palestine issue
If Albania recognizes Jerusalem as Israel capital, the Isrealis would probably do that in return, however Albania doesn't want to to go against the wishes of the EU since they want to join it.
@Orgesti Ambrosiana oh, I'm not Jewish or Isreali, I'm just stating that it could be the reason why they have not done that, and it is understandable, because at the end of the day, albania's main goal is to join the EU.
@Orgesti Ambrosiana Jam shqiptare për vetë e di mirë situatën. Po nuk ishte nevoja per të hyrë në BE, do të kishim bërë njëtin si Donald Trump, por në këtë situatë, Edi Rama s'kishte ku të luante, sepse ishte nevoja për të mbajtur njëtin mendim si BE-ja
@Orgesti Ambrosiana ke te drejtë, Edi mund të bënte Abstenim edhe merret fund saj probleme.
Religion its 0 if it's compared to the BESA. If i give u the BESA i give u as well and my life.
I will die in honor of BESA law.
+Illyricum Libertas Besa is technically Atheist/Pagan because it doesnt deal with God, it deals with honor and respect.
Atheism =/= Paganism.
It is so maddening that they try to connect BESA to religion!!!!
Why everyone think they try to connect besa with religion...🤣
Video said besa + them being muslim(help others) probably is why so many jews survived
Proud that Albanians saved Jewish from the Nazis during the WWII.
Blessings to our nations.
What we learned here?
Well if you are at risk then try and make it to Albania,
You will be protected,sheltered,fed and have a bed to sleep,
Well honestly that's very rare,
Imho that's pure ♥.
Bless Albania.
Besa, has nothing to do with the Quran or Bible. Besa is more a constitution who Albanians believe and practice more than any religious books..
Not in my family tbf.
Armondo Dauti there's always an exception.. you family don't represent all albanians
+Adriana Simoni Besa comes from the Illyrian Pagan Faith, and the Illyrian Religion MUST return to Albania, Pagan is for nationality, and patriotism, the only religion that identifies with your ethnicity.
Thats thru👐🏼
Illyrian King beliving is personal thing i am muslim i can be catholik meaby tomorow wat is the problem but in the end of the day i am born and race ALBANIAN and proud to be
BESA is a ancient code in Albania that means that YOU PROMISE ABOUT SOME THING THAT YOU CAN'T BREAK IT ANYMORE EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO PAY WITH YOUR LIFE. This is described on ancient so - called KANUN OF LEK DUKAGJINI it is thousands years old which is in fact constitutional law where the ancient Albanians even in modern days some areas in North of Albania are implemented. When you give BESA even your ENEMY in your house is a MIK= FRIEND is untouchable after he leaves the house anything can happen. This is described on KANUN. What the Albanians did for Jews has to do with the Albanians character and moral laws. We Albanians never gotten to harm any country the on contrary the at her nations has harmed us. On this point the Jews have some thing in commons.
When one loves even an enemy, he has become a sellout and as a result, has no character or morals. So this is quite telling about "BESA".
Just a beautiful story of humanity.
In Albania is a saying " The religion of Albanians is Albania" . In Albania all helped Jews not Only Albanin muslims. Albanian Catholics and Muslims are ONE is case of difficulty and need. I don't think that they were asking at that time are you a Catholic or a Muslim. But NOW they make everything about RELIGION. In my city , 95 % Catholic . My Parents told me that they welcomed many Jews families.
Albanians never turned their back who asked them for help, hospitality, generosity and kind heart is typic of Albanian people. History has proven that.
God Bless All Albanian People. Amen
I FEEL PROUD TO BE AN ALBANIAN!!!!❤
All Jewisch people are welcome to Albanian and Kosovo.
No.
Shaban Shneta shka myte.vetin bre mut.
ta qifsha muslimanin e.nanes.
taliban bre
Kaizer Zotac toka e karit ne kemi një kombë dhe një fe dhe ajo është Shqiptaria ore shkërdhat mos na trego tokën tënde nga interneti tregoje me vepra cub gari
@Kaizer Zotac edhe un jam tosk jam Mysliman te kam Komshi. Korca esht shqiptare jo ortodokse, edhe ce ka me shum Ortodoks, o lalke ska te shqiptaret qytet mysliman rrodoks ose katolik te gjitha qytetet jan qytete shqiptare
@Kaizer Zotac se lexova te gjith tekstin por mjaftoj aq sa lexova se skam koh te merrem me kte. Ti je nje ropqir grek qe se pjell bushtra dy her nuk e shaj fene ortodokse por te gjith ortodomset qe mendojn si ti se ka shum ropqir we na shajn fene jan me sbum pro grek se sa shqiptar. Tisje shqiltar se ke ber 10p gabime ne shkrim. Po cpate mer ropqir we na hodhe te ter ne nje thes un sta preka fene, bile i shaj dhe shwiptsret mysliman qe jan pro turqise. Ik shko ne greqi se per gjakprishur si puna jote ska ne shqipri
When I grew up in Albania we had so many Jews in my neighborhood we grew up like brothers, because we were so poor we could survive without each other good old times
So proud to have albanian blood in me. what an honor for humanity to have saved this dignified lady and her family from such unimaginable horror .
Where are you from ?
We Albanians don’t stab you on the back, long life true Albanians
Proud to be Albanian 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱 it’s part of our tradition. If you’re our guest you’re part of family no matter what religion you are. Human relationship are more important than religion
Evry Albanian is grouwn up with ............BESA !!!
Iliricum sacrum Forever!
I'm Albanian American, my daughter married to a Jewish guy who come to USA with turist Visa, some people telling me "He married her for papers" But I don't believe it, because he is a very nice sweet young men, plus he is 27 and she is 20, she is a beutiful young lady, with beatiful soul and they love each other dearly and we thats why we gived our blessing to our daugher to marry a Hebrew.
Besa is an ancient, pagan
tradition of the Albanians even before they were forcibly Islamized by
the Ottomans.
Islam was in Albania before the Turks. Christians are still in Albania to this day. Even janisarries who learned about Islam could keep thier religion.
@@goonzsquad1 it wasnt present before ottoman invasion. After we got conquered we had no choice but to convert bcz of very high taxes which albanians couldnt pay
Totallly not true dude, Islam went as far as China so why the hell couldnt it reach Albania ?
@@goonzsquad1 there is no evidence of albanians being muslim before the ottoman invasion,Not at all. And plus europeans at that time were totally devoted christians
Rrofte Shqiptaria, i bekoft Zoti kudo qe ndodhen Shqiptart.
The word "Besa" shows say and answer everything for the Albanians Past and future.We are the oldest Nation of this Old and Biatch Europe.God's Blessings Albanians and USA and all our friends around the world.
They are righteouse and Proud people and in their Humblnes they show their Nobleness.Shalom my Hebrew friend.May God be with you and thanks for the video.
Wow beautiful video ❤️ I am an albanian muslim and it doesn‘t matter what religion you are we are all human being and there is something called humanity or humaneness. The majurity of us albanians are muslims but there are also a lot of christian albanians and thank god that we live in peace together because thats how it should be. Let us all accept the religion of each other no matter if you are a jew a christian or a muslim we are all human and believe in one god ❤️💙🕌🕍💒
Greetings from Kosova.
Today is the 70 Anniversary of Israel and I want to congratulate all Jewish friends
יום נישואין שמח
ישראל
In my city Vlora there is a street called "Justin Godart" or the hebrew street ( albanian rruga e hebrenjve)
Ana A.R.M.Y I been there before.
Ana Muharemi I know it too I am from there
Edhe ne Shkoder, e dashur!
thanks , as an albanian ones we gave the( besa) the honour we will give our live to protect the guests , all the best
the world needs to see this video to know that there are good Muslims and bad Muslims in the world and that Muslims are peaceful and not violent and that Islam is peace not violence
+Rushid Tahiri This is not about Islam but BESA. Besa isnt Islamic or Christian. The reporters minformed the audienxe, but as long as you arent a radical Muskim, I respect you.
ya your right but i just thought it was fascinating to see Muslims saving Jews and i am NOT a radical Muslim that is just stupid non-sense
Rushid Tahiri Christians also saved the Jews too.
ya and i am happy to hear that about all the great people how risked there lives to save others in this video :)
Illyrian King he is not sayng that christian albanians didnt that just sayng that we did it together Albanian brothers than comes the religion
so proud to be an albanian
I’m proud of all this comets that I see saying that “ BESA “ haves nothing to do with relegation, as Kosovo Albanian I’m honored and proud with all of you guys on this comments we can show the world 🌎 who we are , no mater what your believes or your religion is if we give you are word “ BESA “ means we will fight until the end and not sell or trade you for nothing . Every Country or nation have bad apples in the basket 🧺 nobody is perfect sometimes some moves and politics make us all look bad but when it comes to a people that have respect, discipline ,support and help the other nations we are there and we will never let no one to take away our land and FREEDOM
UNITED ALBANIANS FOREVER 🇦🇱
It is not the word that makes a person valuable, but it is his behavior and actions that give the word a valuable meaning.
We Where All Humans Until Race Disconnected Us, Religion Separeted Us, Politics Dived Us, And Welth Classified Us.
+Mentor Pozhegu Shume e vertete..feja,politika dhe klasat,,e ndane njeriun. Ishin ato me shkerdhatat qe e ndan njerezimin,ato qe kishin me shume pushtet,gjithmon kane dashur te kishin gjithcka
idontknowwhattosay Armiku më i madh i njerëzimit ësht Ego.
Bashkimi i njerëzimit ësht dashuri. Dashuria e ka kuptimin me jap kur nuk don me jap e jo me jap kur na dëshirojm me jap.
Loja e jetës ësht me jap edhe me da.
+Mentor Pozhegu very true
Eshte menyre e interpretimit, njerezit jo te menqur nuk I kuptojne ose analizojne gjerat, po besojne thjesht ne ate qe munden, politika eshte gjeja me e felliqur dhe simbolizon te keqen, sensibilizimi eshte thelbesor dhe I domosdoshem per nje te ardhme te mire dhe te drejte.
eshte vetem politika dhe propaganda ajo qe i ndan njerzit
I'm proud of my Albanian heritage! If you are Albanian and if you don't have BESA, you are consider a back stabber or a traitor!
The Law of "Lek Dugagjini" is Besa, Bes. is not from Muslim relagion, but is an Albanian culture.
Albanians don't let relagion to come between Albanian culture and relegion.
Yes Albanians had the Besa (Faith), but in this day and age it does not reflect much as it did in the past, I hope God enlighten Us with Faith, Hope and Trust, God bless Israel and Albania
Eagles Land amen!
Big love for israel ❤🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 Its in my heart Jews
The Kanun was written by a catholic Albanians. All Albanians live by the Kanun. Catholics and Muslims Albanians saved the jews and we are proud of it
Besa - The Promise is an Albanian unique tradition embraced and followed through the centuries by people in Albania and it's nothing to do with any religion cos the main religion in Albania is the Albanism itself.
This promise itself means protection, respect and help for the guest given by the host. The Jewish people during the nazi occupation were prosecuted and surrendered to them by many other European nations, that didn't happen in Albania because of the 'besa', treating the Jews as guests. So I say salute to the Albanian-Jewish good relationship for so many future years
Besa is what characterizes the Albanians. Our grandparents protected Jews and we are PROUD for it.
Good and brave beyond anything done..never knew this
Just like to point out that Albania doesn’t have an official religion. Albania has many religions that people practice. And Besa is not a religious thing, it’s a code of honor in Albania. 😊
this is great its beyond words god bless
Im sorry to hear today that we are 70 % muslims , i love my muslim brothers but iff its about history Albanians became muslims when turkish ottoman invaded ballkans, there was no church allowed and there were only mosk's to pray to,, we are a country very proud of ourselves, but calling Albania a muslim country i dont like it , couse what about me im not muslim , what happens, and as i know half of Albania are christians, we are proud of our national hero , but don't forget who he fought against, what did he showed to the whole world,, he was called the Christian Knight , a simbol of christianity that showed the world our values as people, we have 4 different religions in our country but we consider ourselves as Albanians religion is (albania)(being albanian) , alright ,,!?? Than the religion comes, not bcz i say , becouse thats what our poets have written since ages and i grow'ed learning these at school , grow'ed up with this culture that makes me say today these words, nobody cares what religion u have in albania , just be sure for this,
Albania is for Albanians religion comes second in Albania. Churches were allowed during Ottoman Empire. We have churchs over 1000 years old and still going after 500 years
Elton Kapai i am a muslim albanian i agre with you brother we are first Albanians than comes the religion we can say that we are proud to be Albanians
Religion is like politics I only believe in God and I dont care about religion when it comes to my people. I love my albanian people, soon I hope for Big Albania! Vllezer e motra feja nuk esht kurgjo po shqiptarizmi vjen mas pari mos harroni me cilet ka luftu i madhi Skenderbeg! Hala sod i kena armik mos harroni se u derdh shum gjak per kto toka.
I dont care about religion but trust me if we didn't convert to muslim we would be asimilated by serbs and greeks
Im albanian and if i give my BESA to someone i will live by that word but to give my BESA it should have real meaning for life and honnour i will live bybthat its all for me its pride and honesty and many things to describe BESA to others is difficult but if we give BESA we live bybthat kode
sorry but you have it wrong “Besa” has nothing to do with religion.
i am Albanian Man and i come from mountain of north Albania. The word "BESA BES" is all of they have to protect our friend without difference for religion or skin color . i think this colture and this faithfulness we save for a long years , i am telling you for really Albanian people that they keep colture and religion without changing for 1000 years . if you are Albanian people and Grandfather have born in mountain and they are CHRISTIAN i swear that you feel safe next to them .
Klaudio Livadhi edhe si musliman i ke te njejtat gjerat ....BESEN ! pa dallim fejee
Albanians saving jews has NOTHING to do with islam or Christianity. It has everything to do with being ALBANIANS. The credit goes to Albanian Beautiful Traditions part of which is Besa. The Religion of Albanians is ALBANISM.
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!
This is the only nation that stood by your side during the WW2. The least you could do is recognise Kosova so that we know that you as a nation have honour !
Honor is not found when you are caught being the outlier defending a force that every other European Nation knew was destroying Europe and responsible for WW2. That speaks volumes about your character.
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If you want to discuss the Besa in Albania, give in to google "forum-geschichte ag besa" and search on our forum. Also about other topics may be discussed.
BESA:the code of honor🇦🇱🤝🇮🇱
love it! Thank you for telling about the REAL BESA!
The Albanian Besa is not sold, nor bought! It is something that defines Albanians even to this day . It is an oath that no man nor God can break...
Besa with us Albania is very important. For this we are proud. Thanks 😉 🇦🇱 🇦🇱
God belss Izrael ! and thous who protect them !
Afghanistan has a similar code, but I do not believe that it was put to the test as greatly as it was in Albania.
Pashtunwali, very similar
James Hitselberger Albanians always pot in to test every day this is life time learning this is love for humanity and our contry ALBANIA
We always been like that and we still are but the world has forgotten
Albanian Besa; Albanian Religion, an Oath that defies the prejudice of man based on human compassion!!!
Hey narrator, not "strangers" but "guests" :)
And it existed even before Leke wrote it down. It's an ancient tradition.
From an albanian
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Besa, Bes is the Code of the Honer "Lek Dugagjini" wich is still practise today in Northern Albania.
They even make a movie about the Code is called "Forgivnes of the Blood"
Albanian never let relegion get between each other because once Albanians were Christian's until Ottomans occupied Albanian, divided them by relagion but not by nationality or by their tradions because the of the Code of Honer keep Albanians United loving and caring. Mother Teresa was from my hometown Shkoder, Albanian.
So it's to emphasise Albanian culture and not relagion.
this is beautiful great
This has nothing do with religion, this is true ancient albanian culture.
Besa its like a bushido code. A code of honor and bravery mans
BESA has nothing to do with Islam. I think this documentary is misrepresented!
Albania 🇦🇱
His dialect is way different from mine
BESA is an Albanian Ancient believe
Why do people mix religion with BESA? Albanians are not religious and we know NOTHING about Islam even though it is one of 4 religions in our country. We respect all religions but we are not bound by it. We are secular and Albanian, that's it.
you were not here for a thousand years later
Right
I fill very proud 🇦🇱
There is a serbian tv show called Besa, which hijects Besa (the Albanian Code of Honor) from its realm of Justice, Honor and Humanity and puts it into the the realm of mafia and criminals, giving it negative connotations and promoting it as a property of mafia and criminals. In that show, there are only a few Albanian good guys, the rest of villans are Albanians (mafia and gangsters). While on one hand I am not one of those people who believe that crime-ganster-mafia shows like this one should be banned (bcs they are in essence anti-albanjan propaganda), I believe that those positive aspects of Albanian cultures (like authentic Besa, which is based on Justice and Honor, NOT blood feud/ vendetta per se) like this documentary above, should be made more visible and take much more media and public space than those naive and tasteless anti-albanian propaganda shoelws and movies that reduce Besa and any other Albanian cultural aspect to mafia and crime, spread in shows and movies like the recent serbian tv show called Besa, the "Taken" movie trilogy, or any other tv show or movie where most Albanians are bad guys. I think any intellegent person would like to see both sides of any coin.
@albafier111 the sacredness of the guest, along with everyone else is explained in that article you'll find by googling "The Ethical Structures of the Kanun"
Mother Teresa is Albanian if Mother Teresa 2 is born she too wants to be Albanian because only Albanians have this kind of love for humanity
@albafier111 heres another example of how a person becomes under your Bese and you have to do anything to protect his life. the second you tell someone welcome to my house and open your door, or when he steps in front of your house and property and you say WELCOME, that person is in ur Bese :)
meaning from then on, till that person leaves, you'll have to do ANYTHIN and EVERYTHING to protect his life, even if that means giving your life and the lives of your entire family.
@joniqitu
Watch the movie "The Forgiveness of Blood".. It is about the ancient Kanun of Albania
@shkoder123 She was actually a Vlach born in Albania!
We confuse it too much with the capital of the state of New York (Albany)... =)
That is true I live in NY and I always have that problem.When I say Im from Albania other peopme say oh you are from Albany
@@gentianaseferaj1808 pershendetje nuk esht PA qellim kjo ngjashmeri.Shqiptaret Kan kontribuar ne pavaresine e amerikes
Albanian is Albanian evan if you are Christian or muslim you are Albanian first and thats what matter
Albania is the only country in europe apart from france and uk
who saved the jews and didn’t hand them over to the germans
Even if it meant giving our own lives the BESA has his roots to 1400
When albania at the time was controlled by the ottoman empire
BESA didn’t allow us to fall apart for being muslim christian etc.
Our motto over here is:dont look mosques nor churches the religion of albanian is albania
Besa is not related with religion.It's a promise
omg very interesting #respect
Just read the two of your's conversation. That Rukia is very..... special. Obviously he has some issues. It's really sad that some people can be so hateful for no reason.
By the way look down at the rest of the comments because I sent you more, youtube didn't show you and I thanks you for fully understanding me. "in fact the Kanun was written by a catholic prince exclusively for the highlanders of the north" thank you for proving my point
turkish Ottoman Empire was same as nazi towards Albanian forced killed us converted to muslim besa nothing to do with muslim respect for Albanian muslim catholic forever respect for our Israel friends 🇦🇱🏴🇺🇸🇮🇱
Besa 🇦🇱❤peace all people
It is so sad that this story was never told as well as the stories of those who betrayed jews was. It was lost the same way that the story of how the catholic church and many thousands of nuns and priest died helping Jews. Time for the truth to come out.
Before the house belongs to the owner, it first belongs to God and the guest
They are very thankfull cause they recognised"Kosovo".....f......
Albanians have help jews !
i dont know? But its fact that arvanites are albanians, its even the same meaning
Albanians are like mother Teresa, she was Albanian too