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Dren Berishaj

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Dren-Berishaj.mp3 Interviewer: Thank you for today’s conversation. We would start slowly from... how do you remember the beginning of the war in Kosovo. Where were you? How old where you? Whatever memory you have of that period when they start...when the war starts? Dren Berishaj: Define beginning of the war for me. Interviewer: Shortly before the NATO bombings. Dren Berishaj: I would start from a little earlier... Interviewer: Ok. Dren Berishaj: ... you know, the moment when the refugees started arriving in Pristina. Interviewer: Ok. Dren Berishaj:...

Avdi Berisha

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Avdi-Berisha.mp3 The interviewer: Welcome Mr. Avdi. Let’s start the story with when the situation started to worsen. Avdi Berisha: Well, the situation was tense from long ago, but it only got worse in the ’98-’99 as we got into a war. They made us have a war no matter if we wanted or not, we didn’t have a choice. We tried to prepare ourselves more or less, but we didn’t even have what to get ready for, we didn’t have where...

Bajramshahe Jetullahu

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Bajramshahe-Jetullahu.mp3 The interviewer: Welcome Mrs. Bajramshahe. Thank you for agreeing to be interviewed and share your story as a refugee. Could you please begin with your story, as much as you remember, from the time the war started – where you were, who you were with, and what happened. Bajramshahe Jetullahu: Thank you for reaching out to me. So, the day the NATO bombing began I was in my apartment with my family. I was living in a building that consisted...

Asllan Haliti

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Asllan-Haliti.mp3 The interviewer: It’s fine. Continue from where you left; when the military came and blocked one side of the city of Mitrovica and how you had to leave. Asllan Haliti: They did block the road, especially the one “Kodra e Bajrit” – the road that takes you to Vaganica and Vernica – it’s over that place. When there were attacks in the city people usually ran away in that direction, especially the neighborhood of Vaganica and Shqipol, they would always...

Ariana Kasapolli

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Ariana-Kasapolli.mp3 The interviewer: Thank you for agreeing to be interviewed. You told me that you lived in Prishtina. Let’s start the story from when the bombings started and the beginning of the war; anything you can remember. Ariana Kasapolli: Okay. I lived in the center of the city, and I still do. Before the war, I remember the time when the situation started to worsen. It’s not that we didn’t go out, maybe because we were not fully aware of the...

Anonim

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Anonim-3.mp3 The interviewer: Once again, welcome to this interview. Shall we start the story from when the situation started to worsen? How did you make to decision to leave? What do you remember? Anonymous 3: In fact, I don’t remember much from that part. I lived in Prishtina and Prishtina was a safer zone in comparison to other places where they forced people to leave. What I remember is the time right before we left the house. A family from Drenica...

Elvira Osmani

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Elvira-Osmani.mp3 The interviewer: Good evening. Let’s start the story with when the situation started to worsen; where you were, who you were with, how old you were, and whatever you can remember regarding that period. Elvira Osmani: I was 22 years old. I was working in an institution where I now work as a nurse. We worked in shifts – 24 hours work and 3 off days. The war at Jasharaj had already started. It was Tuesday and I was going...

Anonim

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Interview-011.mp3 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...

Anonim

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Interview-010.mp3 Interviewer: What do you remember from the period before the war? Interviewee: Well, I remember a good old time where we were all almost... we had the same rights. We hung out, went out, walked... to the main street in Pristina, where the “Corso” is. Where we were all Albanians and Serbs one and the same. We hung out, saw each other, drank coffee together. One part of the period where this is really... we lived well, we got along...

Jehona Hasani

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Jehona-Hasani-pjesa-1.mp3.mp3 The interviewer: Welcome to this interview. Let’s start the story with when you as a family decide to leave the country. How was that period of time; tell us who were you with, how old you were, and everything you remember about it. Jehona Hasani: I will try to tell you as much as I remember since it has been a long time. I was around 16 years old. I was with my parents and my grandparents and we were...