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'''Gadime e Ulët''' ({{Lang-sq|Gadime e Ulët}}, {{Lang-sr-Cyrl|Доње Гадимље/Donje Gadimlje}}) is a village in [[Lipljan Municipality|Lipjan municipality]]. Gadime e Ulët is located approximately 20 kilometers south of [[Pristina|Prishtina]] and around seven kilometers southeast of Lipjan in the southern area of the [[Kosovo Polje]]. It is nestled against hills that border the eastern plain. A narrow passage between two hills leads eastward to the other side of the village, [[Gadime e Epërme]]. |
'''Gadime e Ulët''' ({{Lang-sq|Gadime e Ulët}}, {{Lang-sr-Cyrl|Доње Гадимље/Donje Gadimlje}}) is a village in [[Lipljan Municipality|Lipjan municipality]]. Gadime e Ulët is located approximately 20 kilometers south of [[Pristina|Prishtina]] and around seven kilometers southeast of Lipjan in the southern area of the [[Kosovo Polje]]. It is nestled against hills that border the eastern plain. A narrow passage between two hills leads eastward to the other side of the village, [[Gadime e Epërme]]. |
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== Resistance in Gadime during the Kosovo War == |
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During the early days of [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia|NATO airstrikes]], Gadime e Ulët endured shelling from [[Muhadzer Talinovac|Babus]]. A resident, interviewed by [[Human Rights Watch]], recounted the influx of people from [[Crnilište|Crnilo (Cernille)]], a village near Muhadzer Babus, arriving "five or six days after NATO started bombing." The constant threat persisted as [[Serbian Armed Forces|Serbian forces]], with tanks, entered Donje Gadimlje around noon on April 1. Villagers, initially reassured the forces sought shelter, fled to a nearby river but returned later the same day. However, they fled again at 5:00 p.m. when the [[Serbian Army|Serbian army]] arrived with five [[Tank|tanks]], reportedly firing into the air. |
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Some sought refuge in [[Gadime e Epërme|Gornje Gadimlje]] to the east, others in [[Smoluća|Smolusa]] to the north, and some in [[Glogovce]] near [[Lipjan|Lipljan]]. Despite Gornje Gadimlje facing an attack in late March, residents from Muhadzer Babus and Donje Gadimlje sought shelter there in mid-April, alongside displaced persons from various villages. On April 16 or 17, Serbian police and [[paramilitaries]] ordered the evacuation of Gornje Gadimlje to [[Albania]] within two hours. |
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The displacement of villagers continued through April. A thirty-six-year-old man from Donje Gadimlje, described their ordeal during an interview:<blockquote>''"It was nine days after the bombing started that we had to leave the first time [approximately April 2]. The military came at around 2:00 p.m. and did a patrol with tanks and then left. Two hours they returned and forced us out. Nobody was allowed to take cars or tractors. We were obliged to go to Smolusa. After one week they came to Smolusa at 6:00 a.m. we heard the shooting. It was the same military who were in Gadimlje. First they said no one is going to touch you. Then they came back after two or three hours and said 'it's not safe for you here anymore. You have to leave Smolusa.' So we went back to Gadimlje at 3:00 p.m., but not back to our houses. They had burned about half of the village. We stayed for twenty-four hours then the military came again and said 'between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. everyone has to leave, including Gornje Gadimlje.' So we left and went to Lugadzija. We stayed only two days there because it was overcrowded. Then we went back to Smolusa. We stayed in Smolusa one week and then went back to Gadimlje after a villager was told by a police commander that it was safe to go back. But when we went back the shooting continued all night long and three houses were burned so we left for Macedonia after two nights." <ref>{{Cite book |last=Abrahams |first=Fred |url=https://books.google.ch/books?hl=de&id=1n8DrZg2rb8C&q=donje+#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Under Orders |date=2001 |publisher=Human Rights Watch |isbn=978-1-56432-264-7 |language=en}}</ref>''</blockquote> |
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Revision as of 13:16, 11 November 2023
Gadime e Ulët
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Village | |
  Gadime e Ulët | |
| Coordinates: 42°28′36″N 21°12′20″E / 42.476741°N 21.205518°E | |
| Location |  Kosovo |
| District | Prishtinë |
| Municipality | Lipjan |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,337 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Gadime e Ulët (Albanian: Gadime e Ulët, Serbian Cyrillic: Доње Гадимље/Donje Gadimlje) is a village in Lipjan municipality. Gadime e Ulët is located approximately 20 kilometers south of Prishtina and around seven kilometers southeast of Lipjan in the southern area of the Kosovo Polje. It is nestled against hills that border the eastern plain. A narrow passage between two hills leads eastward to the other side of the village, Gadime e Epërme.
Resistance in Gadime during the Kosovo War
During the early days of NATO airstrikes, Gadime e Ulët endured shelling from Babus. A resident, interviewed by Human Rights Watch, recounted the influx of people from Crnilo (Cernille), a village near Muhadzer Babus, arriving "five or six days after NATO started bombing." The constant threat persisted as Serbian forces, with tanks, entered Donje Gadimlje around noon on April 1. Villagers, initially reassured the forces sought shelter, fled to a nearby river but returned later the same day. However, they fled again at 5:00 p.m. when the Serbian army arrived with five tanks, reportedly firing into the air.
Some sought refuge in Gornje Gadimlje to the east, others in Smolusa to the north, and some in Glogovce near Lipljan. Despite Gornje Gadimlje facing an attack in late March, residents from Muhadzer Babus and Donje Gadimlje sought shelter there in mid-April, alongside displaced persons from various villages. On April 16 or 17, Serbian police and paramilitaries ordered the evacuation of Gornje Gadimlje to Albania within two hours.
The displacement of villagers continued through April. A thirty-six-year-old man from Donje Gadimlje, described their ordeal during an interview:
"It was nine days after the bombing started that we had to leave the first time [approximately April 2]. The military came at around 2:00 p.m. and did a patrol with tanks and then left. Two hours they returned and forced us out. Nobody was allowed to take cars or tractors. We were obliged to go to Smolusa. After one week they came to Smolusa at 6:00 a.m. we heard the shooting. It was the same military who were in Gadimlje. First they said no one is going to touch you. Then they came back after two or three hours and said 'it's not safe for you here anymore. You have to leave Smolusa.' So we went back to Gadimlje at 3:00 p.m., but not back to our houses. They had burned about half of the village. We stayed for twenty-four hours then the military came again and said 'between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. everyone has to leave, including Gornje Gadimlje.' So we left and went to Lugadzija. We stayed only two days there because it was overcrowded. Then we went back to Smolusa. We stayed in Smolusa one week and then went back to Gadimlje after a villager was told by a police commander that it was safe to go back. But when we went back the shooting continued all night long and three houses were burned so we left for Macedonia after two nights." [2]
References
- ^ 2011 Kosovo Census results
- ^ Abrahams, Fred (2001). Under Orders. Human Rights Watch. ISBN 978-1-56432-264-7.
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