a minute agoHeavy Reminders of Exile by Train by Serbian Forces
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)When we came to Blace we were very upset with children and men, we were unaware where the family was going. The people in general have been disassembled, and here I remember this river because we were afraid that we were about to have a child fall and imbued with”, confesss through tears of Nazife Gracevci, which [...]
On the 24th anniversary of the Kosovo Albanians' exchange in Blace, Gajqevci shows the suffering they faced at the moment they were taken by Serb forces, while he says the only prayer he had all the time was to survive all the Albanian people.
Among other things, she mentions some of the most difficult times they have experienced during their stay in Blace.
When we came to Blace we were very upset with children and men, we weren't aware where the family went, the people in general fell apart. This is where I remember this river because we were afraid there was a kid falling and drowning. The worst moment we had was when we got here by train, we got off, and we didn't have anywhere to stay, with some najlloons and some kids from someone else who didn't know who they were. I threw them in, and put it in my ear, because they were without clothing and without drawers, and I gave you clothes and bread. Those kids went after their parents, we got a lot of frustration after all the people... I have prayed to survive all the people because the situation has been very difficult”, Gryqevci said.
Kosovo's picture of the mother with the baby in her hands, fired in 1999 during the journey of human columns to the Blace camp in the Kosovo war, became a symbol of war and sacrifice.
On the 24th anniversary of the Kosovo Albanians' escort, Sheriff Luta has shown the suffering of Kosovo refugees, while stressing that the most difficult moment has been the turn of home.
Family, Lumniye Krelan, who was only 19 at the time, recalls the day when Serb forces forced them out of Kosovo.
Crean says that memories of that day are still fresh until he relates the suffering he experienced back then.
Another citizen, Hysen Grejqevci, who has experienced the 1999 Blace closely, says the worst moment has been when children are separated from their parents' families.
After much suffering has passed, Grejqevci emphasises the solidarity that the Albanian people had, but he expresses upset that now, after 24 years, the generosity of Albanians who had been absent for years.
Also, on the occasion of the 24th anniversary of liberation and the 60th anniversary of the start of Aslan Krasniqi's photo, it has released its first archive after 24 years, and opened the 24-Photo exhibition of “Exodus (6) in Blace, Stankoc, and Cegran”.
Krasniqi shows how hard he has experienced the moment of shooting pictures taken by the archive after 24 years.
24 years ago, about 50,000 NATO soldiers were deployed in Kosovo, ending the war in Kosovo. NATO peacekeeping troops enter Kosovo following the Alliance's 78-day North-Atlantic air campaign against Serb limits.
