Masakra serbe e shqiptarëve të Shtupeqit të Madhe dhe Qafën e Qyqes të Rugovës së Kosovës më 1919

Abstract

This study documents a massacre committed by Serbian military forces in 1919 against Albanian civilians in the villages of Shtupeq i Madhë and Qafë e Qyqes in the Rugova region of Kosovo. According to testimonies preserved through family memory and recorded in the book Kacaket (2022), the violence resulted in the burning of 200 civilians. Drawing on oral histories collected from relatives of the victims, the account contributes to the documentation of early twentieth-century atrocities against Albanian populations. The study underscores the importance of survivor testimony and local historical memory in reconstructing episodes absent from official archives.

In 1919, Serbian troops committed a horrifying massacre against the Albanian civilians of Shtupeq i Madhë and Qafen e Qyqes in Rugova in Kosovo.

200 were burned alive. This atrocity was recorded in the book “Kacaket” published in 2022. Information has been gathered by relatives.

Quote:

Translated:

“The flames of the Shtupeq i Madhë. The haystacks, the haystacks, the houses were set on fire! The screams of the children across Qafën e Qyqes with the first crack of dawn!

Smoke enveloped the Drel Nika Stone and the snow fell on it in black soot! The stench echoed with mint oil! Oh help!”

Source

“Kacaket”, Faik Konica. Prishtine, 2022.