Stories Archives - Page 4 of 12 - Museum of Refugees Kosovo

Srđan Pantić

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Srdjan-Pantic.mp3 Interviewer: Could you introduce yourself and say what you remember from the period before the war? Srđan Pantić:Well, it's an ugly period, during the war. Hey, what can I say?! An empty city, a city of 300,000 people, will be some 40,000 - 50,000. There are no neighbors around you, it's not... it's not all the same. What I... it's ugly, ugly. Interviewer: And how did you leave your city? Do you remember a time when you had to leave your...

Silvana Marinkoviq

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Silvana-Marinkovic.mp3 Interviewer: Could you introduce yourself first? Silvana Marinković: I am Silvana Marinković. By the way, I am a displaced person from the village of Slivovo. I was born in Gračanica, I lived in Gračanica, but I was married in Slivovo, where since 1999, we were forced to leave the village of Slivovo, which is about 14 kilometers from here, towards the town of Gnjilane. Because um, at night, they shot at the village. I had two small children then. One...

Olgica Subotiq

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Subotic-Olgica.mp3 Interviewer: Could you introduce yourself and say where you are from? Olga Subotic:I am Olgica Subotic. I was born in Radevo. I lived in Obilić, now I'm here gr... in containers, now I'm in an apartment. I never left Kosovo. Interviewer: How do you remember the period before the war? Olga Subotic: Before the war, it was wonderful. In my village where I was born, there was only one Albanian. I sat with Gjuzdjida at the same table... at the same desk....

Valbona Azizi

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Valbona-Azizi.mp3 The interviewer: Okay. Welcome to this interview and thank you for agreeing to be interviewed. As I explained to you, you have to talk about your experience as a refugee. We could start with when the war started. Where were you, who were you with, and what do you remember? Valbona Azizi: Thank you. It is my pleasure to talk all about it because it was a really difficult situation. Maybe the fact that my children were little made the whole situation...

Vjeshtore Zeqiri

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Vjeshtore-Zeqiri.mp3 The interviewer: Once more... Vjeshtore Zeqiri: I was in Drenica, at my father’s uncle's when the war started. I stayed there for 2 months. Then my father came to pick me up. He came by tractor but when then on the way back we were on foot. It took him a while. I was too little. I had really missed my family and when I was walking on the way home I saw some corn – I would say hi to the...

Merita Shala

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Merita-Shala.mp3 The interviewer: Hello, Merita. Merita Shala: Hello. The interviewer: Let’s start with when the situation got worsened. Where were you? How old were you? What do you remember from that time? What parts were you mostly emotionally touched by? Merita Shala: The beginning of the was to me was... only the idea of war was the biggest terror I’ve ever emotionally experienced. I know we all gathered in our bedroom. We were 24 family members. Except for those 24 family members inside the bedroom, there was...

Kaltrina Zhushi

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Kaltrina-Zhushi.mp3 The interviewer: Welcome to this interview Kaltrina. Can you please introduce yourself? Kaltrina Zhushi: I am Kaltrina Zhushi and I am 28 years old. I was born in Berlin but I lived in Kosovo for most part of my life. I am a sociologist and I work as a projects coordinator at Women’s Network. I live in Prishtina with my mother and sister... The interviewer: Can you please tell us about the memories you have during wartime in 1997? Kaltrina Zhushi: As...

Anonim

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Anonim-6-_2_.mp3 The interviewer: Let’s start with Jasharaj story. How do you remember all that? Who were you with? What were the main topics? Anonim 6: I’ll start with the story of Jasharaj. It’s been a long time since that period – so 22 years have passed by and it’s impossible to remember every detail and where I was at that time. Most probably I was somewhere in Prishtina, but I cannot tell specifically where I was staying. When we heard the...

Anonim

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Anonim-5-_2_.mp3 The interviewer: Welcome to this interview. Thank you for sharing your story with us. Shall we start the story by first telling us where you’re from, who you were with during the war, in which city you stayed, and what you remember from when the situation started to worsen? Anonim 5: During the war in Kosova I was in the city of Peja with my family; we were 5 family members, my parents, my two older sisters, and I. I...

Anonim

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Anonim-4-_2_.mp3 Anonim 4: Yes, I was at my mother’s in Podujeve. Then, after two days, on the 29th or the 30th they killed the Jasharaj family, I don’t know… The interviewer: Yes, in March. Anonim 4: By the end of March… or no… The interviewer: The Epopee is till the 5th of March… Anonim 4: In February, by the end of Februaru … because my mother died on the 2nd of March. The interviewer: Yes. Anonim 4: So, that happened on March 2nd or at the...