Prime Minister Albin Kurti participated in the promotion of the monograph book on the Poklek massacre, “House with Blood on the Walls,” by author Afrim Hysenaj, held at the museum house of this massacre in Drenas.
Kurti said the book compiles memories of the dead and a memorial for the living on the importance of historical memory and the necessity of justice.
“War crimes do not expire, just as the sufferings, pains, and losses of the Muqolli families from Paklek, Caraku from Dritani (formerly Dobroshevci), Elshani from Lower Korrotica, and Hoxha from Upper Korrotica are not forgotten. From the flow of blood from that crime comes the title of this book that has brought us back here to the house with blood on the walls,” Kurti said.
He also mentioned the Serb project for the extermination of Albanians, “Horseshoe,” and Serbia’s efforts to erase the traces of genocidal crime by burning the bodies of those killed in the Poklek massacre.
“That collected ash, that mass grave is evidence of Serbia’s genocide against the Albanian people of Kosovo. It is also a call for justice. This book, too, is permeated by the families’ demand for justice,” said Kurti.
Prime Minister Kurti called for justice to be served by bringing and punishing the perpetrators of war crimes, even when they are absent.
On April 17, 1999, Serbian criminal and terrorist forces killed 53 unarmed Albanian civilians, ranging from 75-year-olds to six-month-old babies like Liria and including pregnant women.
