Interviewer: What do you remember from the war period?
Interviewee: Well, from the period of the war… it left a heavy scar on us because we didn’t even expect it, we weren’t even aware of what happened to us, and what would happen next. It was very difficult for us. First, we lost our freedom of movement…we didn’t even know where we were going, what we were going to do, when and how long this would last. However, it was what is was.
Interviewer: Do you remember what kind of relations you had with your neighbors, fellow Albanians?
Interviewee:Yes. I worked in a company where there were, um Albanians and Serbs and Gorani. We had a fair relationship. Therefore, my boss was Albanian. We didn’t have any problem. Well, we lived quite correctly, we got along well. I didn’t feel that relationship between an Albanian and a Serb, um… I just consider two um… two, nations. That there is only human and non-human.
Interviewer: And do you remember the moment when you had to leave your apartment?
Interviewee: Yes. It was the most difficult for me then, because the children were small. You don’t know what to take and what to leave. However, we still have it to this day and have never entered that apartment again. And it is very difficult to remember that Pristina is so close to us and so far away. We’re going to Pristina, but that’s not it. The worst thing is that we are not allowed to use our own language. We don’t speak Albanian; we don’t speak English because we didn’t build a career and we didn’t expect that it would come to this that you can’t use your own language in your own country.
Interviewer: And do you think it is possible for Serbs and Albanians to build a better future together?
Interviewed: Well, I don’t know what to say. I think that it is not up to us nor the Albanians. That is decided by stronger forces. Well, I don’t think we are the host in our house. The hosts are a third party.
Interviewer: Thank you!
Interviewee: You are welcome.