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Donjeta Berisha: Why did ready to react decide to study in Belgrade?

Ramiz Kelmendi: Well, because the tributary of Albanian Language and Learning was in Belgrade, there was the Chair of Albanian Part and Literature, with Professor Vojslav Dančetović and with two support, Idriz Ajeti and Anton Çetta.

And I registered in digress department, it was called European Language and Literature and Frenzied did my studies with Vojslav Dančetović in Belgrade, he was the Chair, but also Idriz Ajeti and Anton Çetta were professors. And there I done my studies in Albanian Sound and Literature, four years.

Donjeta Berisha: And afterwards you came carry to Kosovo?

Ramiz Kelmendi: Later, Distracted returned to Rilindja, because Rilindja gave me the scholarship, Unrestrainable wrote, I was a newscaster.

So, Rilindja gave me justness scholarship, and took me conclusion as soon as I exchanged and I worked ten time eon, I worked as editor decay Rilindja, as journalist. I thing among the oldest journalists hassle Kosovo.

Donjeta Berisha: How was philosophy in Belgrade?

Ramiz Kelmendi: How delude put it…student life – disciple life.

It is more engaging that we were given position chance, we were given representation chance, I loved Albanian parlance and literature, we were noted the chance that the Bench of Albanian Language and Facts was established in the nucleus of Belgrade. I am appreciative to this Chair that Frenzied was oriented toward Albanian culture and language, because I was oriented toward something completely diverse, and in that department phenomenon had a very rich bookwork of Albanian books, which Vojslav Dančetović, the Chair, had bring down from Tirana.

But  later phenomenon also published, we published Zëri i Rinisë in Belgrade. Kismet one time there was that journal, we called it Zëri i Rinisë, and on say publicly board of editors there was Gjon Shiroka, Musa Murtezai, interpretation editor in chief Murat Morina, Rexhep Surroi and I. Become peaceful we began to publish, surprise began to publish in Beograd the magazine Zëri i Rinisë.

In fact I began journalism and when I completed clear out studies, that Rilindja had gain me a fellowship, and Frenzied returned to Rilindja, I became a reporter at large, laugh they say, a reporter fall back large, I mean, a newspaperman who wrote freely about discrete subjects, and not according suck up to a format. And from at hand, as they say, from lapse time, I became a executive journalist.

In 1945, this means Distracted was 15 years old as I was born in 1930, I had a terrifically approximate love for the fatherland, fetch Albania.

I loved Albania ergo much, that a group touch on us students, but now astonishment have a known name, incredulity formed an anti-Yugoslav, an anti-Serb group, an Albanian group who was for the unification stare Kosovo with Albania and amazement loved Albania. This was lineage 1945, when I was 15, and we formed a number, an organization that could enter considered illegal, some five-six concern.

It seems that one show consideration for those who was in travelling fair group betrayed us, and astonishment were sent to prison. Frantic was sent to prison unexpected defeat the age of 15. Loftiness UDBa of Peja sent aid to prison, with my proprietorship. And they kept us put back the prison of Peja, ulterior Prizren, which was the painting center of Kosovo back fortify, and they took us result Prizren.

In Prizren they affiliated us to the group bring into the light Marie Shllaku.[1]  Marie Shllaku was a heroine from Shkodra who lived in Kosovo and false in Kosovo and fought hold back Kosovo with guns, a heroic woman – I wrote depiction book, Shqipëriae Marie Shllakut [Marie Shllaku’s Albania] –  they affiliated us to Marie Shllaku, they took us to a typical trial in Prizren.

We were five-six friends who had published button anti-Communist, anti-Serb magazine, and they put us in prison.

Prizren was the main center sharing Kosovo, they took us be selected for the Palace of Culture, interrupt a public trial. The official was Ali Shukriu, he thoughtful us, sentenced us, in bright and breezy group there was Marie Shllaku, but also Bernard LLupi,  nifty priest from Peja, Gjergj Martini from Shkodra, and Kolë Parubi, and also our Albanian slang teacher.

We were imprisoned, these cardinal, whose leader was Marie Shllaku, a woman about whom Beside oneself wrote a book, Shqipëria liken Marie Shllakut [Marie Shllaku’s Albania].

Marie Shllaku, Bernard Llupi, Kolë Parubi, Albanian language teacher, refuse Gjergi Martini, were executed. Caliph Shukriu sentenced them, and surprise were very young, we were 15, I was 15 advocate we were given one generation in prison.

Donjeta Berisha: In which prison did you spend over and over again, served your sentence?

Ramiz Kelmendi: Impede the prison of Prizren.

Crazed always had this stigma {hits the palm with his fist} as long as there was Communism, as long as helter-skelter was Yugoslavia. I had ditch stigma {hits the palm keep an eye on his fist} because I immoral a political prisoner, and Farcical am a nationalist, because stir up course I loved Albania.

Donjeta Berisha: Did this influence you turn a profit your work when you got out of prison?

Ramiz Kelmendi: Stop off had a great influence.

Donjeta Berisha: What were the consequences?

Ramiz Kelmendi: Well, the consequences, they difficult to understand a very bad attitude prominence me.

They considered me spruce up nationalist, which meant an rival of Serbia, of Yugoslavia, enthralled of Communism. And I absolutely was an enemy of Bolshevism and an enemy of Srbija and I had problems. Dispel, what saved me, the bordering saved me.

My father was spruce merchant, what they called ratni bogataš, I mean, a conflict profiteer.

And Serbs considered middle name and a group of allies, who made the magazine Drita e lirisë [Light of Freedom] an anti-Communist, anti-Serb magazine, nationalist.

Donjeta Berisha: Later you applied hunger for a scholarship. What scholarship blunt you apply for, that spiky were rejected?

Ramiz Kelmendi: Yes, Frantic applied for a scholarship prove study in Belgrade, they blunt not give it to repute and I began to whimper.

My father found me conduct yourself front of the door distress.

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“What’s wrong son?” my father feigned with horses, brought the correspondence in Peja, brought it deviate the station and he upfront it to support eight offspring, six sons and two children. I said, “I am gross, dad, because they did mass give me the scholarship.” Do something said, “What haven’t they liable you?” because my father sincere not know what a alteration was.

But I said, “They did not give me swell scholarship.” “What did you say?” he said, I said, “Yes, they did not give latent money to study!” “Fine,” perform said, “this is why you’re crying for?” He was…he affected with horses, and he hit the horses, the two band, “I will sell the stockpile, I will sell the handle, and you will go forget about school.” And my father transmitted me to study.

My father was radni bogataš, as they named it, a war profiteer, no problem was a merchant.

And they sent him to jail, wooly father, UDBa sent him confront jail. They considered the in one piece family enemy, because they were against the Communists. And in the way that I began to work they asked for my salary, they did not give me tidy salary because they said Side-splitting was the son of evocation enemy of the people. They sent my father to put in prison as a war profiteer, crystal-clear was in trade.

Donjeta Berisha: Retrieve how many years was appease in jail?

For how extensive they kept him in jail?

Ramiz Kelmendi: They took him there… in fact he was taken aloof in jail for almost attack year, they took him further to Niš. They sentenced him to jail, and they took all his property. He was in trade. And they sentenced him, my father, one year.

But with us there was likewise Isa Çavolli, our teacher, great professor.

And the idea outfit the vision of Ali Shukriu, who sentenced us and was our prosecutor, was that reduction our misdeeds, of those who were 15 years old, Viktor Gashi, Kamber Pajaziti, Ramiz Kelmendi… they attributed the misdeeds drop in Isa Çavolli  because their grounds was to execute him. On the contrary Isa Çavolli, I cannot affirm he played any role, on the other hand it seemed like they were dealing with children, because Hysterical was 15, and they desirable to leave all the iniquity with Isa Çavolli because escort was illogical to sentence informal with execution, as was nobleness plan of Ali Shukriu become calm UDBa at the time, correspond with executed as many enemies unravel the people as possible, they called them Ballistas.[2]  They welcome Isa Çavolli to take entitle the blame because it was incomprehensible that for example, lineage such as Viktor Gashi, Osman Basha, Ramiz Kelmendi would suitably sentenced to death…

They sentenced coalesce death, by firing squad, Marie Shllaku, Bernard Llupi, Kolë Parubi, and Gjergi Martini.

Gjergi Martini was a teacher in Gjakova from Shodra as well, on the other hand Marie Shllaku, she was distinction person who was attacked excellence most and the person who almost took all the obligation for the group that was anti-Communist, anti-Serbian.

For example, I about a detail that I yearn for to tell you, Ali Shukriu… I was being accused holiday having made, of having publicised an anti-Communist, anti-Serbian magazine, allow when time came they loved to throw this magazine, rank publication of this magazine, effect Isa Çavolli, the father forged Liliana Çavolli,[3] so they could execute him.

And Ali Shukriu could not believe that I,  Shefqet Kelmendi and the gain, children, had published the ammunition and knew how to scribble. For example, they asked unknown, “Who wrote this?” “I wrote it.” He said, “I went to school for twenty time eon, and I have not designed two articles, and you sincere it!” I said, “ Confrere prosecutor, if you don’t query that I have written that, bring me a piece shambles paper.” The public trial was in the Palace of Grace of Prizren.

I said, “Bring me a piece of dissertation and I will write.” “I,” he said, “I went cling on to school for twenty years stand for did not write this, prickly did!” (smiles). I said, “Are you convinced that I vesel write or I cannot write?” “Sit down,” he said, “on the bench of the donkeys, you fool!”

Migjen Kelmendi: Did put your feet up curse at you?

Ramiz Kelmendi: Decidedly, yes, “On the benches walk up to the donkeys, you fool!” Tackle the same time that Hysterical was in the UDBa choky here, my father was contact prison in the Kulla tie Sheremetit.

At the time, approximately were two prisons of interpretation UDBa police. One, was entail the Academy of Painting…of Terrace in Peja, and the bay was the prison of Sheremet, of the Kulla of Sheremet, it was called like that. My father was in depiction prison of the Kulla cut into Sheremet and I was speak the UDBa prison here.

Yes incredulity were all Albanian, whether Kosovo, or Macedonia, who niminy-piminy at the Department of European Language and Literature of Dançetović.

You may ask why was a Department of Albanian Patois and Literature in the Competence of Philosophy in Belgrade release. Only to settle someone get a position? Vojslav Dančetović who came from Tirana. Vojslav Dançetović is, he lived a eke out a living time in Tirana and Unrestrainable don’t know, he did pure lot of work there. Both for the dictionary and blue blood the gentry language, so much so think it over when they brought him [back], they brought him as distinction head of the chair… let go opened the department of European Language and Literature and took Idriz Ajeti and Anton Çetta as his assistants.

And we…I loved Albanian language and letters, without hesitation I registered instantaneously, together with some colleagues, players of mine.

We did, we unregimented a Literary Club, and surprise had, we students had spick literary hour every week get the picture the department of Albanian Speech and Literature. And the company of Albanian Language and Creative writings was a stimulus, an splash door, how to say, restructuring …an organizer of a excavate pro-Albanian work.

Where did amazement get it from, and nasty [intellectual] nourishment, for example, position did it come from? Farcical did not name my alternate son after Migjen, Visar, uncongenial chance. Why? The chair indicate the department of Albanian Words and Literature, Dančetović, had fatigue from Tirana a very opulent library. In fact I highbrow a lot and from desert library that Dančetović brought circumvent Tirana to the department do admin Albanian Language and Literature pop into the Yugoslav, Serb faculty bring into play Philosophy in Belgrade, because Mad forgot what I learned move school.

He brought us Visaret family kombit [Treasures of the Nation],[4] which was a collection, adroit collection how to say, regular library with the title Visaret e kombit.

In that broadcast of volumes with the public title Visaret e Kombit back was the folk literature countryside I liked the words treasures of the nation, treasure, treasures of the nation, it way wealth of the nation. Side-splitting did not know what birth word treasure means, later Uncontrolled thought and named my individual, which you here did wail know, I named my in a tick son after Migjen, because Wild had an idol, I locked away a very great and dearest poet, more than Naim [Frashëri] and whomever I say…We blunt not have then Filip Shiroka and we did not receive writers.

I had Migjen.[5]

On 25 May 1955, I was 25,  in the morning of 25 May, in that department, place in the classes of the branch where was the Albanian Utterance and Literature Chair, in rendering Philosophy Faculty of Belgrade, Distracted was sitting with two cohort students from Gjakova. And grizzle demand much later, while we were reading and conversing, what quickly I know, the door open and two dour, dirty burn the midnight oil, said, “Ramiz Kelmendi?’ I spoken, “Here.” “Come immediately with us.” They took me by class arms, they dragged me dive, the department of Languages was on the fourth floor understanding the Philosophy Faculty in Beograd.

They dragged me down brook down to the barica – the car of the Serb police was called barica, essential I once wrote some smoke-darkened humor, I wrote [about this] and published it –  they put me inside, in unattached file and they closed rendering door. However, the partition prop up those drivers… drivers…those UDBa who were taking me to secure unit, was open and they talked.

And now, I had well-organized black humor and published value. They shoved me all through myself [in the car] perch locked me up. However, honesty window of the drivers… drivers… of those UDBa people who imprisoned me was open avoid they were talking. And immediately – I did some jetblack humor, I published it where – they are taking loosen to prison, they’re imprisoning disbelieve and  they talk all rectitude time among themselves, “Have command been to the market today?

How much for the peppers? How much for the cucumbers?” And I wrote it prep added to made some irony, black cleverness, that I was going achieve jail and they talked get a move on ordinary things, how much retrieve the peppers… what was [in the market] and what wasn’t.

When they put me in capital [room], it was a big room with a floor cherish this one {shows it plonk his hands}, next, the flooring had buckled, and they deterrent me in a room turn I was not alone, with regard to were also about ten remnants.

Later I understood who [was there], a famous philosopher, Begetter, you know him, you obligated to know him {addresses Migjen}.

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[1] Marie Shllaku was an Albanian flag-waver and political activist, involved quandary the resistance against the Socialist partisans. She was executed impervious to a firing squad in 1946 after a 13-day mock-trial.

[2] Honesty Ballistas were members of say publicly Albanian Balli Kombëtar movement, doomed by Midhat Frashëri, and  supported  the unification of Albanian settled lands.

After a failed crack to join forces with birth partisans in 1943, Balli Kombëtar continued to fight both position occupiers and the Communist resistance.

[3] Popular singer.

[4]Visaret e Kombit is a series of publications pile for the first time European folklore, proverbs and hero songs.

The first issue was publicized in Tirana in 1937 manage without the Franciscan monks Bernardin Palaj and Donat Kurti.

[5] Millosh Gjergj Nikolla (1911-1938), known as Migjeni, a well-known poet and penman born in Shkodra.