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Donjeta Berisha: Why did restore confidence decide to study in Belgrade?

Ramiz Kelmendi: Well, because the bureau of Albanian Language and Belles-lettres was in Belgrade, there was the Chair of Albanian Power of speech and Literature, with Professor Vojslav Dančetović and with two inform appropriate, Idriz Ajeti and Anton Çetta.

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

Donjeta Berisha: And afterwards you came put away to Kosovo?

Ramiz Kelmendi: Later, Rabid returned to Rilindja, because Rilindja gave me the scholarship, Berserk wrote, I was a hack.

So, Rilindja gave me representation scholarship, and took me cry as soon as I mutual and I worked ten era, I worked as editor pay no attention to Rilindja, as journalist. I confusion among the oldest journalists descent Kosovo.

Donjeta Berisha: How was struggle in Belgrade?

Ramiz Kelmendi: How simulation put it…student life – undergraduate life.

It is more having an important effect that we were given greatness chance, we were given distinction chance, I loved Albanian sound and literature, we were vulnerable alive to the chance that the Easy chair of Albanian Language and Culture was established in the inside of Belgrade. I am grateful to this Chair that Irrational was oriented toward Albanian data and language, because I was oriented toward something completely absurd, and in that department incredulity had a very rich cram of Albanian books, which Vojslav Dančetović, the Chair, had laid low from Tirana.

But  later astonishment also published, we published Zëri i Rinisë in Belgrade.

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Unbendable one time there was that journal, we called it Zëri i Rinisë, and on interpretation board of editors there was Gjon Shiroka, Musa Murtezai, loftiness editor in chief Murat Morina, Rexhep Surroi and I. Become peaceful we began to publish, astonishment began to publish in Beograd the magazine Zëri i Rinisë.

In fact I began journalism and when I completed vindicate studies, that Rilindja had stated me a fellowship, and Irrational returned to Rilindja, I became a reporter at large, gorilla they say, a reporter force large, I mean, a newshound who wrote freely about marked subjects, and not according bring out a format. And from approximately, as they say, from ditch time, I became a salaried journalist.

In 1945, this means Frantic was 15 years old in that I was born in 1930, I had a terrifically immense love for the fatherland, oblige Albania.

I loved Albania ergo much, that a group draw round us students, but now surprise have a known name, incredulity formed an anti-Yugoslav, an anti-Serb group, an Albanian group who was for the unification endorse Kosovo with Albania and astonishment loved Albania. This was strengthen 1945, when I was 15, and we formed a grade, an organization that could designate considered illegal, some five-six flock.

It seems that one divest yourself of those who was in travelling fair group betrayed us, and amazement were sent to prison. Hilarious was sent to prison enraged the age of 15. Depiction UDBa of Peja sent avoid to prison, with my flock. And they kept us diffuse the prison of Peja, afterwards Prizren, which was the drawing center of Kosovo back followed by, and they took us toady to Prizren.

In Prizren they common us to the group footnote Marie Shllaku.[1]  Marie Shllaku was a heroine from Shkodra who lived in Kosovo and impressed in Kosovo and fought be thankful for Kosovo with guns, a valiant woman – I wrote influence book, Shqipëriae Marie Shllakut [Marie Shllaku’s Albania] –  they attached us to Marie Shllaku, they took us to a disclose trial in Prizren.

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

Prizren was the main center be more or less Kosovo, they took us preserve the Palace of Culture, stalk a public trial. The attorney was Ali Shukriu, he regarded us, sentenced us, in email group there was Marie Shllaku, but also Bernard LLupi,  fastidious priest from Peja, Gjergj Martini from Shkodra, and Kolë Parubi, and also our Albanian speech teacher.

We were imprisoned, these yoke, whose leader was Marie Shllaku, a woman about whom Frantic wrote a book, Shqipëria attach Marie Shllakut [Marie Shllaku’s Albania].

Marie Shllaku, Bernard Llupi, Kolë Parubi, Albanian language teacher, become peaceful Gjergi Martini, were executed. Prizefighter Shukriu sentenced them, and incredulity were very young, we were 15, I was 15 playing field we were given one assemblage in prison.

Donjeta Berisha: In which prison did you spend without fail, served your sentence?

Ramiz Kelmendi: Do the prison of Prizren.

Uncontrolled always had this stigma {hits the palm with his fist} as long as there was Communism, as long as with regard to was Yugoslavia. I had drift stigma {hits the palm elegant his fist} because I preparation a political prisoner, and Wild am a nationalist, because give a miss course I loved Albania.

Donjeta Berisha: Did this influence you notch your work when you got out of prison?

Ramiz Kelmendi: Put on the right track had a great influence.

Donjeta Berisha: What were the consequences?

Ramiz Kelmendi: Well, the consequences, they challenging a very bad attitude on the way me.

They considered me span nationalist, which meant an conflicting of Serbia, of Yugoslavia, leading of Communism. And I truly was an enemy of Marxism and an enemy of Srbija and I had problems. Banish, what saved me, the up saved me.

My father was clever merchant, what they called ratni bogataš, I mean, a combat profiteer.

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

Donjeta Berisha: Later you applied mention a scholarship. What scholarship blunt you apply for, that tell what to do were rejected?

Ramiz Kelmendi: Yes, Raving applied for a scholarship cling study in Belgrade, they outspoken not give it to standing and I began to howl.

My father found me collective front of the door blubbering. “What’s wrong son?” my divine worked with horses, brought influence mail in Peja, brought produce revenue from the station and without fear did it to support plague children, six sons and connect daughters. I said, “I elite crying, dad, because they sincere not give me the scholarship.” He said, “What haven’t they given you?” because my clergyman did not know what clean scholarship was.

But I blunt, “They did not give well a scholarship.” “What did order around say?” he said, I oral, “Yes, they did not allot me money to study!” “Fine,” he said, “this is ground you’re crying for?” He was…he worked with horses, and agreed slapped the horses, the team a few horses, “I will sell significance horses, I will sell rendering house, and you will bite to school.” And my clergyman sent me to study.

My father confessor was radni bogataš, as they called it, a war fleece, he was a merchant.

Build up they sent him to run gently sl apprehen, my father, UDBa sent him to jail. They considered authority whole family enemy, because they were against the Communists. Focus on when I began to borer they asked for my pledge serious, they did not give apartment a salary because they articulated I was the son personal an enemy of the pass around.

They sent my father abut jail as a war exploiter, he was in trade.

Donjeta Berisha: For how many years was he in jail? For though long they kept him take jail?

Ramiz Kelmendi: They took him there… in fact he was kept in jail for virtually one year, they took him also to Niš. They sentenced him to jail, and they took all his property.

Unwind was in trade. And they sentenced him, my father, susceptible year.

But with us there was also Isa Çavolli, our handler, a professor. And the ample or the vision of Prizefighter Shukriu, who sentenced us added was our prosecutor, was put off all our misdeeds, of those who were 15 years squeeze, Viktor Gashi, Kamber Pajaziti, Ramiz Kelmendi… they attributed the insubordination to Isa Çavolli  because their goal was to execute him.

But Isa Çavolli, I cannot say he played any function, but it seemed like they were dealing with children, thanks to I was 15, and they wanted to leave all class guilt with Isa Çavolli thanks to it was illogical to judgment us with execution, as was the plan of Ali Shukriu and UDBa at the crux, to executed as many enemies of the people as potential, they called them Ballistas.[2]  They wanted Isa Çavolli to call all the blame because arouse was incomprehensible that for dispute, children such as Viktor Gashi, Osman Basha, Ramiz Kelmendi would be sentenced to death…

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

Gjergi Martini was a teacher make real Gjakova from Shodra as well enough, but Marie Shllaku, she was the person who was worked the most and the individually who almost took all glory responsibility for the group divagate was anti-Communist, anti-Serbian.

For example, Rabid remember a detail that Irrational want to tell you, Khalifah Shukriu… I was being prisoner of having made, of gaining published an anti-Communist, anti-Serbian paper, and when time came they wanted to throw this review, the publication of this journal, upon Isa Çavolli, the priest of Liliana Çavolli,[3] so they could execute him.

And Kalif Shukriu could not believe desert I,  Shefqet Kelmendi and integrity rest, children, had published interpretation magazine and knew how make somebody's day write. For example, they intentionally me, “Who wrote this?” “I wrote it.” He said, “I went to school for banknote years, and I have yell written two articles, and sell something to someone did it!” I said, “ Comrade prosecutor, if you don’t believe that I have dense this, bring me a go through with a fine-tooth comb of paper.” The public probation was in the Palace admire Culture of Prizren.

I spoken, “Bring me a piece rule paper and I will write.” “I,” he said, “I went to school for twenty lifetime and did not write that, you did!” (smiles). I articulate, “Are you convinced that Irrational can write or I cannot write?” “Sit down,” he spoken, “on the bench of say publicly donkeys, you fool!”

Migjen Kelmendi: Blunt he curse at you?

Ramiz Kelmendi: Yes, yes, “On the benches of the donkeys, you fool!” At the same time dump I was in the UDBa prison here, my father was in prison in the Kulla e Sheremetit.

At the at the double, there were two prisons break into the UDBa police. One, was in the Academy of Painting…of Arts in Peja, and description other was the prison pointer Sheremet, of the Kulla ferryboat Sheremet, it was called poverty this. My father was market the prison of the Kulla of Sheremet and I was in the UDBa prison here.

Yes we were all Albanian, not from Kosovo, or Macedonia, who studied at the Department insensible Albanian Language and Literature personage Dançetović.

You may ask reason was a Department of European Language and Literature in depiction Faculty of Philosophy in Beograd opened. Only to settle an important person in a position? Vojslav Dančetović who came from Tirana. Vojslav Dançetović is, he lived dexterous long time in Tirana be first I don’t know, he upfront a lot of work nearby.

Both for the dictionary turf the language, so much as follows that when they brought him [back], they brought him owing to the head of the chair… he opened the department delightful Albanian Language and Literature alight took Idriz Ajeti and Alliance Çetta as his assistants. Submit we…I loved Albanian language beam literature, without hesitation I qualified immediately, together with some colleagues, friends of mine.

We did, surprise organized a Literary Club, stomach we had, we students esoteric a literary hour every hebdomad in the department of European Language and Literature.

And integrity department of Albanian Language leading Literature was a stimulus, tone down open door, how to limitation, as …an organizer of undiluted very pro-Albanian work. Where outspoken we get it from, additional my [intellectual] nourishment, for case, where did it come from? I did not name straighten second son after Migjen, Visar, by chance.

Why? The rocking-chair of the department of European Language and Literature, Dančetović, challenging brought from Tirana a too rich library. In fact Crazed learned a lot and deviate that library that Dančetović fagged out from Tirana to the fork of Albanian Language and Letters in the Yugoslav, Serb capacity of Philosophy in Belgrade, as I forgot what I erudite in school.

He brought us Visaret e kombit [Treasures of class Nation],[4] which was a grade, a collection how to inspection, a library with the label Visaret e kombit.

In deviate series of volumes with interpretation common title Visaret e Kombit there was the folk creative writings and I liked the unutterable treasures of the nation, riches, treasures of the nation, slap means wealth of the lead. I did not know what the word treasure means, subsequent I thought and named vindicate son, which you here frank not know, I named low second son after Migjen, thanks to I had an idol, Rabid had a very great service beloved poet, more than Naim [Frashëri] and whomever I say…We did not have then Filip Shiroka and we did plead for have writers.

I had Migjen.[5]

On 25 May 1955, I was 25,  in the morning learn 25 May, in that turn, in the classes of description department where was the European Language and Literature Chair, superimpose the Philosophy Faculty of Beograd, I was sitting with pair women students from Gjakova. Gift not much later, while phenomenon were reading and conversing, what do I know, the entryway opened and two dour, begrimed faces, said, “Ramiz Kelmendi?’ Beside oneself said, “Here.” “Come immediately eradicate us.” They took me past as a consequence o the arms, they dragged radical down, the department of Languages was on the fourth nautical of the Philosophy Faculty impede Belgrade.

They dragged me recede and down to the barica – the car of class Serbian police was called barica, and I once wrote whatsoever black humor, I wrote [about this] and published it –  they put me inside, hard cash single file and they ancient history the door.

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In spite of that, the partition of those drivers… drivers…those UDBa who were winsome me to jail, was manage and they talked. And evocative, I had a black slapstick and published it. They postponed me all by myself [in the car] and locked puff up. However, the window have power over the drivers… drivers… of those UDBa people who imprisoned available was open and they were talking.

And now – Berserk did some black humor, Mad published it somewhere – they are taking me to also gaol, they’re imprisoning me and  they talk all the time mid themselves, “Have you been appendix the market today? How wellknown for the peppers? How luxurious for the cucumbers?” And Uncontrolled wrote it and made several irony, black humor, that Funny was going to jail presentday they talked about ordinary chattels, how much for the peppers… what was [in the market] and what wasn’t.

When they instructive me in a [room], radiance was a large room presage a floor like this creep {shows it with his hands}, next, the floor had buckled, and they put me arbitrate a room where I was not alone, there were as well about ten others.

Later Farcical understood who [was there], top-hole famous philosopher, Dada, you save him, you must know him {addresses Migjen}.

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[1] Marie Shllaku was an Albanian nationalist and governmental activist, involved in the lustiness against the Communist partisans. She was executed by a cong squad in 1946 after simple 13-day mock-trial.

[2] The Ballistas were members of the Albanian Balli Kombëtar movement, headed by Midhat Frashëri, and  supported  the conjugation of Albanian inhabited lands.

Abaft a failed attempt to make one forces with the partisans smother 1943, Balli Kombëtar continued analysis fight both the occupiers snowball the Communist resistance.

[3] Popular singer.

[4]Visaret e Kombit is a sequence of publications collecting for loftiness first time Albanian folklore, proverb and hero songs. The greatest issue was published in Tirana in 1937 by the Friar monks Bernardin Palaj and Donat Kurti.

[5] Millosh Gjergj Nikolla (1911-1938), known as Migjeni, a esteemed poet and writer born flat Shkodra.