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Spasić Momčilo

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Spasic-Momcilo.mp3 Interviewer: Can you introduce yourself? Your name? Interviewee: Spasić Momčilo. Interviewer: Spasic Momcilo! How old are you? Interviewee: Fifty-eight. Interviewer: Fifty-eight! Tell me, where did you live before the war? Interviewee: Before the war I lived in Sredska, Prizren. Interviewer: Do you still remember the period before the war? Interviewee: I remember all the periods before the war, from the year ‘99 until now, 2021. We lived well but now, for political reasons, I live in private way for 22 years, since ‘99 onwards until 2021....

Anonymous

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/NN.mp3 Interviewee: Good afternoon. Interviewer: May I ask you a few questions? Interviewee: You can. Interviewer: What do you remember in the period before the war in Kosovo?! Describe that period to me. How did people live then? Interviewee: I will describe now. There was freedom before the war. You went wherever you wanted, either to the field, or to… under number one. Interviewer: Were there any tensions or pressure even then? Interviewee: There is no pressure, but it can never be as it was then. Interviewer:...

Dragan Maksimović

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Dragan-Maksimovic.mp3 Interviewer: I would ask you to introduce yourself, if you don’t mind, or do you want the interview to be anonymous? Interviewee: I am Dragan Maksimović from Šilovo. Interviewer: Great. What do you remember in the period before the war in Kosovo? Describe that period to me. How did people live then? Interviewee: Well, what can I tell you, it was very scary. People were excited; they were forced to leave their homes because it was very difficult to live in that...

Dobrivoje Jovanović

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Dobrivoje-Jovanovic-.mp3 Interviewer: Good afternoon. Interviewee: Good afternoon. Interviewer: I would ask you to introduce yourself, if it’s not a problem, or you want the interview to be anonymous? Interviewee: I am a retired physical education teacher, Dobrivoje Jovanović. Interviewer: What do you remember in the period before the war in Kosovo? Describe to me that period, How did people live then? Interviewee: They were great, brotherhood-unity. All factories were working, everything was peaceful, no one was harassing anyone, and no one was teasing anyone, as...

Anonymous

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Anoniman.mp3 Interviewer: Good afternoon. Interviewee: Good afternoon. Interviewer: I would ask you to introduce yourself if you don’t mind or maybe you want the interview to be anonymous. Interviewee: Anonymous. Interviewer: I will now ask you a few questions and you if you can give me an answer to them?! Interviewee: Good. Interviewer: What do you remember in the period before the war in Kosovo? Describe that period to me. How did people live then? Interviewee: Much better than today. Interviewer: Were there any tensions or pressures even...

Aleksandar Gudžić

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Aleksandar-Gudzic.mp3 Interviewer: Can you tell us something about yourself? Interviewee: My name is Aleksandar Gudžić, a graduate professor of history. I work in the Cultural House of Gračanica as an editor of tribune programs, but I am also engaged in the acting section, within Cultural House of Gračanica in the amateur theater Janićije Popović, and I manage that section. Interviewer: Twenty years later, what are your memories of the war in Kosovo? Interviewee: Well, you know, at time of those wars for the...

Žarko

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Zarko.mp3 Interviewer: Can you introduce yourself to us and tell us something more about yourself? Interviewee: Well, my name is Žarko. I was born in the village of Vitakovo, in a common house. There were a lot of people then and children then, both in the village and in the house and so on. We grew up on cattle. We collected moss, rose hips, we did all sorts of things. We finished school in Buba, the local community of Brnjak was...

A Serb from the North of Kosovo

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Srbin.mp3 Interviewer: Can you introduce yourself to us and tell us who you are, what you are, and where you live? Interviewee: A Serb from the North of Kosovo. 35 years old. Interviewer: Where are you from, where were you born? Interviewee: Born in Zvečan. Interviewer: hmm… Where did you live before the war? Interviewee: Same place, in Zvečan. Interviewer: Hmm… Do you remember the time before the war, how people lived with Albanians?! Interviewee: Well, life was normal. Since my first neighbor houses were Albanians, we...

Rada

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Rada.mp3 Interviewer: Can you introduce yourself? Interviewee: My name is Rada. Interviewer: How old are you? Interviewee: I am 55 years old. Interviewer: Where are you from? Interviewee: From the village Junake. Interviewer: Where did you live before the war? Interviewee: We lived in Zubin Potok and after that, the war started, the bombing started, so we had to flee to the village, we went to the village with the children in Šipolj. We were there for a month. Interviewer: Why did you go to the village? Interviewee: Well,...

Marija

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Marija.mp3 Interviewer: Can you introduce and tell us something more about yourself? Interviewee: Hello, I am Marija; I'm from Leposavić. I am 33 years old, mother of two children, wife. That is the most important thing I can say about myself for now. Interviewer: Hmm. Where did you live before the war? Interviewee: Before the war, I lived in the municipality of Leposavić, and I am still here today. The only change is that I lived in the village of Krnjin, and now...