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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Bjeshka Guri (interviewer)<\/p>\n

Sanije Nexhepi (interviewee)<\/p>\n

Acronyms: BG=Bjeshka Guri, SN= Sanije Nexhipi<\/p>\n

BG: How do you remember the period before the war? Before the war started, before you left?<\/p>\n

SN: Before the war, a week before NATO started striking me, Serbs came and told us to leave, we cannot protect you. We had Serbs in the village and they told us to run away, you are not safe, run away, you should definitely run away from the village.<\/p>\n

During the week, there were cases when two people came, they were injured, and then they started to recover, and then at the beginning of the week we started with tractors. We headed towards the mountain, Rahovi\u0107, Re\u0161evo, and we went to natural areas. We were there for almost two days. There were about 2 to 3 thousand people. Residents from Lojan and Ra\u0161eva, who could bring us food, brought us fresh food, all with paprika and bread, with buns, they brought us food to eat. In the evening, they brought us nylons, they made us nylon tents. Then they came, come on, you take the bus, when the border opens. We just wanted to go out, they brought us back, they told us to come back because the Macedonians did not let us go. We were not allowed to enter. We spent 3 days and 3 nights in a neutral area. There were women, there were children, there were pregnant women, and after 3 nights at 12 o’clock in the evening, buses came to pick us up. The fact is that we have a complete family, we did not separate. They put us all on the bus together, there were 11 of us family members, they took us to some school in _______. Then the Macedonians came in and took us in for questioning. We were completely lost, so my brother didn’t know_____, they ask my brother how many children and when they were born, he was so lost that he didn’t know the birthdays for his child. They kept us there for about 4 hours, until 5 in the morning ______________________ A young guy came, put us in a car and took us to his house. Even when I went to that house, the house was just made, he opened the door for us, they brought us water, to wash our feet and hands. When we entered we found one of our cousins \u200b\u200bthere. We found him there by chance_____ he has a wife, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren and we stayed there for 3 days_____ we had food, a house with____, they brought us clothes, took our clothes and washed them. After three days, we go, they take us to a hotel, Kumanovo municipality. They took us away, the owner of the house came, Zenelj came and took us away. With all of them, three cars came and filled us up and invited us to the hotel. We stayed in that hotel for three months. I don’t know what else to add. We stayed there, they took good care of us, as if we were in our house. ________ we just stayed with family members, we just prepared meals, they brought us what they could, they brought us food, clothes, some social assistance, mattresses, clothes, what they could, you can go to school there, and then we can go to the same, we went very well. _________<\/p>\n

BG: What is your experience with leaving home?<\/p>\n

SN: It hurt a lot to go out and leave three ____, we left almost 40 chickens, completely, without food … it was very bad. The Serbs escorted us, they escorted us in front of paramilitary formations, we did not know where they were taking us. We didn’t know where to go during the night, whether we were going to the mountain, we took food, we took with us a mattress, 200 kg of flour, food, beans, all sherpas, dishes, we took with us … if we go to the mountain, we stay 3 up to 4 days and we will be back. Only when they took us to Presevo, in the neutral zone, paramilitary formations came out and took what the people had from their wallets, asked for ID cards, wallets, they asked my brother for an ID card and all the money he had with him, they took us tractors, with food we all stayed in the neutral area.<\/p>\n

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BG: Do you remember when you returned home?<\/p>\n

SN: Yes. When we returned, after about 3 months. Serbs came in, overturned, they had nothing to take. ___________. The house was deserted, there were fragments, we had a car in the back, they took the car, so it was found later, _______ desolate. There was no room for me. The door was not in place with ______ on the side, ______ was still overturned.<\/p>\n

BG: What impact did the war have on the responsibility of the people or on you personally?<\/p>\n

SN: I do not know what to say to this question.<\/p>\n

BG: How do you think about that. Was it difficult, were you easier? Do you think you are still under the influence of that period?<\/p>\n

SN: The consequences for me at this point, when I remember the case when we were in the neutral zone, are so important to me. That night with darkness, snow, in the mountains … There were 2-3 thousand people, border dogs are sleeping, I have already got a trauma, I am in a very bad condition. There were 11 of us family members, we slept under nylon, when she would hear the dogs coming, I thought they would hurt us …. so I got a lot of trauma, she thinks those paramilitary forces are on the way, I’m here … although I saved myself, I didn’t get any trauma, because I didn’t see anything difficult. I saw the only case when a young man came, he was 18 years old, they said he came … he was a war. That’s what I saw, I felt very bad … I was sorry that, but thank God, he recovered. Today he lives in America.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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