{"id":1681,"date":"2022-04-14T12:33:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T12:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofrefugees-ks.org\/?p=1681"},"modified":"2022-04-14T13:01:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T13:01:39","slug":"aleksandar-gudzic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofrefugees-ks.org\/aleksandar-gudzic\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Aleksandar Gud\u017ei\u0107"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Interviewer: <\/b>Can you tell us something about yourself?<\/p>\n

Interviewee: <\/b>My name is Aleksandar Gud\u017ei\u0107, a graduate professor of history. I work in the Cultural House of Gra\u010danica as an editor of tribune programs, but I am also engaged in the acting section, within Cultural House of Gra\u010danica in the amateur theater Jani\u0107ije Popovi\u0107, and I manage that section.<\/p>\n

Interviewer: <\/b>Twenty years later, what are your memories of the war in Kosovo?<\/p>\n

Interviewee: <\/b>Well, you know, at time of those wars for the second break-up of Yugoslavia, I had some 13-14. years. Remembering the war in Kosovo; Yes, I was 13-14 years and in fact those wars started when, I don’t know, I was probably first or second grade and I remember those electricity restrictions. These were the 90s, years of hyperinflation, a general insecurity, although at that time, as a boy and as a teenager, I did not understand the seriousness of the situation. However, from today’s perspective, from today\u2019s angle when I look, I actually understand and see what kind of system we lived in, what kind of troublesome period of time. After that, years 97-98. when the conflicts in Kosovo and Metohija began as well as disagreements between Serbs and Albanians, which culminated in the year 1999 with the bombing. I remember that general insecurity. Kidnappings, attacks have already begun and I remember\u2026 here I will share with you\u2026 one intimate thing, one life story of mine, when I don’t know, we were supposed to go to central Serbia with some relatives and then the question was whether we should go at all, because kidnappings and murders have already begun. Those are the memories of those nineties. Of course, the 2000 was already a year of general insecurity. At that time, I don’t know, everyone was aware of how unsafe it was to be a Serb in Kosovo and Metohija. There were often kidnappings; I don’t know murders, shelling, so the village where I live, Dobrotin, was shelled on September 1, 1999. So, those are some memories, of course the bombing is a traumatic experience for every person. After all, war is a traumatic experience for every person in the world, as well as for the people who lived here.<\/p>\n

Interviewer: <\/b>Can you notice the effects of the war on your personal life?<\/p>\n

Interviewee: <\/b>Well, I really didn’t even think about it. Again, I’m not a psychologist or psychiatrist to assess, but certainly yes, I said that war is a traumatic experience and that it certainly leaves consequences for, a person. Fortunately, I did not directly participate in the war, so I cannot talk about some psychological consequences that the war left on me, but certainly that the war left some consequences on the people who directly participated in the war and to oblige us as individuals and it is generally society’s duty to take care of these people and, if possible, to help them in any way.<\/p>\n

Interviewer: <\/b>Do you have anything else to add at the end?<\/p>\n

Interviewee: <\/b>Well, I don’t know, I think the message to young people in Kosovo and Metohija would be to learn from the mistakes of generations and people who participated in the Kosovo war drama in the 1990s. They say that history is the teacher of life and that smart people and serious nations learn from their mistakes. I would like to believe that some new generations in Kosovo, be they Serbs or Albanians, will learn from the mistakes of their fathers and that they will not enter into conflicts, and that peace and prosperity will finally prevail in this area. It is somewhere my message to young people, to learn from the mistakes of their fathers.<\/p>\n

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