Testmonies

February 21, 2021

There is a wound in all our hearts

Zenure Salimova I was asleep, my husband was out with the Self-Defence. I heard my husband calling his brother to move their mother. We took her […]
February 21, 2021

It seemed the picture was crying

Yasemen Hasanova The interview with Yasemen made a deep impression. Her father, Tofiq Huseynov, was declared a National Hero as he gave his life trying to […]
February 21, 2021

They had pulled out his teeth

Shahibe Mustafayeva We were in our houses and the shooting started at 11pm. I thought this was normal; this had happened for four years, it usually […]
February 21, 2021

Clothes froze and became too heavy to carry

Fuzuli Naghiyev / Nazile Salimova The accounts of Nazile khanim and Fuzuli tumbled over each other in torrents of memories; this presentation reflects the way the […]
February 21, 2021

Nowhere is as beautiful as Khojaly

Nazaket Huseynova The situation was terrible before the trouble (meaning the night they were driven out of Khojaly) constant shooting. Constant rocket fire and every evening […]
February 21, 2021

We fled with nothing, only a blanket

Lala Askerova My son-in-law was killed in Khojaly and we brought up his four children. We had a two-storey house in Aghdam, with four rooms. We […]
February 21, 2021

When I stood up, I saw people dying all around

Fazile Hasanova That night we went to Alesker’s (Novruzov – husband of Shahibe Mustafayeva) to get news of what was happening. Some men came and said […]
February 21, 2021

We gave Novruz bags to Armenians

Humay Abbasova Setting out at 7pm we went through the forest, heading for Aghdam… walking barefoot … eating snow. My husband had frostbitten fingers and I […]
February 21, 2021

Used as a Hostage

Jeyran Azizova I wish we could welcome you in Khojaly, and show you our hospitality. I was 35 years old when I left Khojaly. My three children […]