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Hazbije Lahi

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Hazbije-Lahi.mp3 Interviewer: Rita Berisha Interviewee: Hazbije Lahi R.B.: Thank you very, Mrs. Hasbije. I’m very happy you’re telling us your wartime story. Can you tell us a bit about the time before the bomings. Where were you? Who were you with? What was going on? What did you hear in the news? H.L: Okay. Hi, thank you for your invitation. I am Hasbije Lahi. I’m 57 years old, so 21 years ago I was 35, a mother of 3 children. I remember very...

Elmaze Gashi

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Elmaze-Gashi.mp3 Interviewer: Rita Berisha Interviewee: Elmaze Gashi R.B.: Thank you for coming and for sharing your story with us. Can you tell me about the beginning of the war? Where were you? Who were you with? E: I was at home, with my children. My brother was there too, with his wife and his son. Their neighbourhood had escaped; they came down because the police station was very close. We spent every night of the bombings in distress because evictions started, from one...

Elida Shasivari

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Elida-Shasivari.mp3 Interviewer: Visar Kukaqi Interviewee: Elisa Shasivari V.K.: Hello, can you please introduce yourself? E.Sh: Yes, of course. I am Elida Shasivari, I am a mother of two children. I was married to the late Kujtim Dula. I am an actress and I was born in Gjakova where I still live. And, I work in the theatre of Gjakova V.K.: Can you tell us your story during the war in Kosovo? Of course. We can go through it briefly and mention the main points in...

Anonymous

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Anonim_Ri1.mp3 R.B.: Hi Naim. Thank you for agreeing to talk to me. Can we start with the period before the war started? Where were you? Who were you with? A: Whenever you want. R.B.: How do you remember that period? A: When the first sparks started, the riots mainly, I was 9-10 years old. But because my father and grandfather regularly watched The Voice of America and RTSH at 19:30, as far as I remember, I was quite involved although I was a...

Anonymous

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Anonim_Ri.mp3 R.B.: Hi! Let’s start with the beginning of the war. Were you working? What were you doing at that time until you decided to leave? A: Before the war, I worked until March 25. On March 25, that is one night before the bombings, according to the agreement we made with my friends to keep our jobs, I had to keep my promise, so as usually I went to the bus that took us to work. There were only two...

Anonymous

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Anonim.mp3 R.B.: Thank you very much! Can you tell us a bit about the situation a few days before the bombings? A: A few days before the bombings, the market in Mitrovica was attacked by grenade, and a few people were killed. I was there, too, because I was working in a shop. I passed by that place just 15 minutes earlier. Then, from my shop I heard people shouting and running from the market. They ran by my shop; everyone...

Adelina Berisha

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Adelina-Berisha.mp3 Interview with Adelina Berisha R.B.: Hi Adeline! Thank you very much for talking to me! Can you first tell us how you took the decision to leave? How do you remember that period? Who were you with? A: You mean when the bombings started on March 25, right? R.B.: March 24 A: Yes, March 24. I was living in Blendi neighbourhood. At the time, Blendi neighbourhood wasn’t very urbanized; it was a fairly new neighbourhood in Prishtina. It didn’t even have asphalt paved...

Orgesa Arifaj

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Orgesa-Arifi-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3 Personal Story of Orgesa Arifi OA: Period after the war in Prishtina, in Arbëri, in the neighborhood where I lived, was very pleasant for me, I was little girl. The worries I could have had were of a 5-years-old child, shortly before the war. Concerns started from leaving the house, so the pre-war time for me was to be defined in one sentence, or with a game which is called hide and seek that we have played quite a lot....

Zoran Ilic

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Zoran-Ilic.mp3 Petar Ivić (interviewer) Zoran Ilic (interviewee) Acronyms: PI= Petar Ivić, ZI= Zoran Ilic PI: Can we get started?! ZI: Let’s do it. PI: Here is the first question, can you introduce yourself, so briefly, who are you? ZI: My name is Zoran Ilić, my wife Katarina, my son Mihajlo who is 5 years old now, Ilija is one year and seven months old, and the baby Helena who is nine months old as of yesterday. PI: Good. What do you remember before the war, how can...

Zarife Morina

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Zarife-Morina.mp3 Bjeshka Guri (interviewer) Zarife Morina (interviewee) Acronyms: BG=Bjeshka Guri, ZM= Zarife Morina BG:How do you remember the war? So, before the war started, before everything started, how were you, what did you do before the war? ZM:Before the war ... First of all, may Allah have destroyed those Serbians, those idiots. They came to our place to torture us with all kinds of things. All of Kosovo needs to know what we experienced for 30 or more... Why should I be in such pain...