Imer Abdushi is 98 years old, having been born in 1923, in Trebisht-Bala. He is a quiet man and in his conversations you understand that he loves his country and is a patriot. Therefore, every time I meet him, he tells me about the wars that his province and village have fought with the Serbs and about the bravery that his fellow villagers and people have shown in those wars.

Also, with regret, he tells about the massacres that the Serbs have committed in Trebisht and other villages. For himself, he says that he was also a partisan in Halil Lleshi’s detachment and then joined the IVS Brigade, III battalion and fought against the Italian-German invaders. “From the Serbian army in 1916, Elez Sadik Koçi was also killed in Ostren. In 1915, Rrahman Ymeri Bala was killed in Qafë-Prevalle.

Hysen Elmazi was killed fighting the Serbs in Trebisht-Çelebi, Syka Qerimi, Rushit Balla and Zenel Balla in Trebisht. Even Sadik Hysen Koçi says that they imprisoned him for one night and the prison was a cattle shed, which was guarded by 4-5 armed Serbs. Elez Koçi escaped from prison and ran away from Trebishti for the whole night – Bala went to Librazhd.

That night, 11 people were shot, while Sadiku escaped. “Imeri told us that the hero of Gollaborda, as many people from this area call him, is Rrahman Hysen Koçi from Trebishti-Bala. Rrahmani was a very good Serbian opponent and did not accept the Albanian-Yugoslav, Serbian border. The Yugoslavs, the Serbs, managed to shoot him in 1918, although they said about Rrahman that a rifle would not take him and a bullet would not pierce him.

They shot many other men along with this one, and they said that Rrahman did not take a rifle. This is what happened when they were lined up to be shot. The Serbs shot and Rrahmani did not fall. They shot him again and he fell, but the bullet did not hit him again. When the Serbs went to see the shot dead, tossing and shaking them, Rrahman got up and took the rifles from the Serb, but other Serbs intervened with knives and killed him, stabbing him with bayonets and knives.

After the murder of Rrahmani in Trebisht, they burn many houses and terrorized the unarmed population, so his children fled to Elbasan. All those killed by the Serbs were buried above the village of Trebisht” – says today the 98-year-old Imer Abdushi. Imer Abdushi keeps two more statements about this hero of Golloborda.

One was written by Imer Rama, born in 1900, and the other was written by Vehbi Balla, born in 1908. This old man keeps these two statements even today and prays that to publish something about this hero of Trebishti. He has preserved the statements with a lot of truth or fanaticism, which he has from that time until today. So, this 98-year-old veteran also works to educate generations with love for his country.

Reference

Gazeta “Dibra”. “Gazeta Dibra është një gazetë e pavarur,botues i së cilës është Fatos Daci, anëtar i Akade”. 2021.