KULTUROCIDI SERB NDAJ SHQIPTARËVE: RASTI I KOSOVËS (1998-1999)
SERBIAN CULTUROCIDE AGAINST ALBANIANS: THE CASE OF KOSOVO (1998-1999)

Summary/Abstract: Culturecide - the systematic destruction of heritage and cultural values is a recurring phenomenon that regularly precedes, accompanies, or follows great human tragedies. In short, a deliberate culturecide against a nation or its people is one of the characteristics of genocide, as it seeks to obliterate an autochthonous heritage of a people with intention to eradication of their cultural and ethnic identity, and their collective memory. For more than a century, Serbia has consistently employed culturecide scenarios against its neighbors, including against Albanians and their heritage and civilizational values. This can be traced all the way back to the forceful expulsion of Albanians from Sanjak of Nish in 1877 and this has persisted onwards through various conflicts such as the Balkan wars, the First and Second World Wars, and the period in-between these wars. This cultural destruction has continued until the recent war in Kosovo from 1998-1999, which ultimately led to Kosovo gaining its freedom and independence. Our paper will discuss the destruction of Kosovo’s cultural heritage during the years 1998-1999.

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