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Celine, Kosova


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Celine, Kosova This is the home of Ismajl who was a refugee in Elbasan, Albania.
Celine farm2.jpg (9715 bytes)

The center four photos show where 5,000 from Celine walked to the field of trees and stayed there for four days and nights in the cold.

The Way to the Trees2.jpg (9783 bytes) Elez Kadriu3.JPG (24956 bytes) Recovery flowers3.jpg (15919 bytes)
ethem2.jpg (16835 bytes)

To the right is where they lay quiet in the cold without more than a loaf of bread and a little water. The babies did not cry.

The Trees3.jpg (47126 bytes) Graves in Memory2.jpg (16551 bytes)I
In Memory
Doug & Ethem2.JPG (16621 bytes)
Grave of a soldier2.jpg (37885 bytes)

Their homes were burned. When going for food, the dead were found. The Serbs came and were told to take all to this hill and kill the men. Grumbling, they killed only one so as not to have to bury all the men.

The Border Hill3.JPG (12521 bytes)

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Grave of Suzana2.jpg (15222 bytes)

Ismajl's girlfriend
Grave of the Youngest2.jpg (15459 bytes)

The youngest, age 4.
Celine2.jpg (10626 bytes) Family Suzana Hagjere Albane2.jpg (26246 bytes)

Then, they marched all who remained to this border mountain and into Albania about 20 km away.


Grave of Sister Elbasane2.jpg (12487 bytes)

Sister


Grave of the Eldest2.jpg (13383 bytes)

The eldest, age 104.

The Children2.jpg (11040 bytes) New House2.jpg (17003 bytes) Field in Memory2.jpg (10715 bytes)



Elsie is viewing the field to become a ball field in memory of the past. They must move on! Freedom has come.


Wedding Dress2.jpg (15788 bytes)

Toward a wedding dress.

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