Stories – Page 9 – Museum of Refugees Kosovo

Lumnije Dauti

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Lumnije-Dauti.mp3 Medinë Dauti (interviewer) Lumnije Dauti (interviewee) Acronyms: MD= Medinë Dauti, LD= Lumnije Dauti MD: Before the war started, how do you remember that period? LD: What we have done, how we have suffered... we were occupied by Serbs big time... MD: Ok. LD: Fine. We were occupied at that time, and even then it was very difficult. But, when the war started, when the war broke out, then became worst, it got very bad. It started all around, it was very, very bad. MD: How was...

Lule Hasani Tahiri

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Lule-Hasani-Tahiri.mp3 Bjeshka Guri (interviewer) Lule Hasani Tahiri (interviewee) Acronyms: BG= Guri, LH: Lule Hasani BG: Good day Aunt Lule, LH: Good day, BG: The first question for you is, can you tell me something about yourself, so in general, what is something you usually want people to know about you? LH: What can I say, I am by nature a very sociable type, and others, I mean I just don't say this for myself, others as well tell me that I spread positivity. BG: I confirm this. LH:...

Lejla Veshalli

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Lejla-Veshalli.mp3 LV: Hello, I am a 24 years old girl, I come from Roma community. I will tell my short story. I am telling a short story of my life in 1999 year, during those years it was war. And, as in any other country the war occurred in Kosovo, too. As well, we as a community had very difficult time to stay in Kosovo, because we were very insecure, and we were missing all conditions like any community. So, my family...

Kefsere Dula

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Kefsere-Dula.mp3 Bjeshka Guri (interviewer) Kefsere Dula (interviewee) Acronyms: BG=Bjeshka Guri, KD= Kefsere Dula KD: My name is Kefsere Dula, I am an Albanian language teacher. BG: Can you tell us how the war started, how do you remember the war starting? KD: The war started, as they say ... it was very difficult to experience all that, because we couldn't even imagine it, we had a hard time experiencing it, because we didn't expect the day to come to leave our country. One day, after...

Anonymous Interview

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Anonymous-Roma-Community.mp3 Anonymous Interview Interviewer: Kendiza Lala During the war my little daughter was 8 months old, we were more than 4 families in one house. 4 families which means up to 28 members, yes, I am Roman, it was terrible for us at that time, we were also young and we had small children, and what is important that our children used to drink milk with glasses. We had to run to find who had cows in the houses in order to get...

Hidajete Tola

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Hidajete-Tola.mp3 Bjeshka Guri (interviewer) Hidajete Tola (interviewee) Acronyms: BG=Bjeshka Guri, HT= Hidajete Tola BG: Can you introduce yourself please? HT: I am Hidajete Tola, from the village of Potaqan, but we have been living in the city since 1969. After several attempts, the eldest son started working, when the demonstrations started they went on foot, without bread and water from Prizren to Prishtina, from Krusha e Vogël where he was working he went to Prishtina on foot, without bread and water for demonstrations. The next day...

Goran Simić

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Goran-Simic.mp3 Petar Ivic (interviewer) Goran Smic (interviewee) Acronyms: PI= Petar Ivic , GS= Goran Smic PI: Can you introduce yourself briefly? Your name and surname, where are you born? GS: I am Goran Stošić, born in Rahovec. I have been living here in containers for five and a half years. How to say, about conditions, they are catastrophic, there are mice, many bugs, this is God save us, cannot even… PI: You said that you used to live in Rahovec. You had your house there,...

Goran Mirković

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Goran-mirkovic.mp3 Interviewer: Petar Ivić Interviewee: Goran Mirković Acronyms: Petar Ivić =PI, Goran Mirković=GM PI: Can you introduce yourself. Your name? GM: I am Goran Mirković. PI: Goran Mirković. How old are you?! GM: I am 21 years old. In fact 41 years, I apologize. PI: Tell me where did you live before the war? GM: Yes, I lived in Lipjan. PI: Do you remember the pre-war period? Which are the memories? GM: To be honest, we have both good and bad memories. PI: Feel free to speak. GM: Yes, no, I have...

Ganimete Halilaj

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Ganimete-Halitaj.mp3 Interviewer: Arbër Halilaj Interviewee: Ganimete Halilaj Acronyms: AH= Arbër Halilaj, NS= Ganimete Halilaj AH: What did you do before you ran away from home and what happened? GH: We were there as usual, we knew that there was a war all around, before someone in the village told us that the police is in the village, and then we were forced to leave, we took the children? AH: And where did you go? GH: We went to a nearby mountain above the village and stayed...

Fitnete Dauti

https://museumofrefugees-ks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Fitnete-Dauti.mp3 Interviewer: Medinë Dauti Interviewee: Fitnete Dauti Acronyms: MD= Medinë Dauti, FD= Fitnete Dauti MD: Can you tell me how you remember it before, before the war started? FD: Yes, we were here in the new house, meaning it was not long since we moved to the new house. I was pregnant with Medina, and the war started, and the thing was, where to go now, where to shelter, so we decided to go to the Sunoblar village. When we got there, there was...