Authored by Qazim Namani. Translated by Petrit Latifi

In a post Qazim Namani writes:

“She escaped the Serbian massacre as a child when she was 4 years old, but was killed by the Serbian army in old age at the age of 84! That the survival of Albanians in today’s border region with Serbia, but also of those who remained under Serbian rule in 1878, was very difficult is also evidenced by the case of Azize Namanir-Krasniqi (1916) born in the village of Prapashticë.

Azize was 4 years old in 1921 when the Serbian army killed her father. Azize’s mother with 3 small children managed to escape and take refuge deep in the mountains of the village of Marec. Azize grew up orphaned and with much suffering in life. She married Sadri Krasniqi (1916) in the village of Makoc.

Exactly 80 years later, in April 1999, the Serbian army killed Aziza in her home, along with her husband Sadriu, brother-in-law Fetiu (1921), and after killing them, they burned the bodies along with the house, leaving Nexhmedin (1958), Fetiu’s son, who cared for the sick elderly, also killed.”