The transport of the railway wagon to the site in Pristina was handled by the company Sigma, which specialises in operating the most advanced cranes in Kosovo, and did so without charging a fee.
Bajram Sylejmani, co-owner of Sigma, recalled that he was only two months old when his family was expelled by train in 1999.
“I was very young so, of course, I don’t remember much, but today I am extremely happy that my family has unanimously decided to support the initiative to create the museum. Everything we have, we will give to this place, least of all our machinery,” Sylejmani said.
Naser Krasniqi, CEO of Infrakos, the public enterprise that manages the railway service and which installed the tracks for the wagon-museum, said that it is “not just an object. It is a testimony. A living museum of memories that we dare not forget.
“It is the voice of those who left in tears, of the children who cried, of the parents who kept their families alive solely through the conviction that they would return,” he said.
“As CEO, but above all as a human being, I am extremely honoured that we had the opportunity to contribute to this work of remembrance. This is our moral duty: to preserve history, to educate the younger generations, and to ensure that no one ever experiences such a tragedy again,” he added.
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