Every spring, tulips blossom persistently in the garden of Hyrije Hana, who was only fourteen when she joined the brigade of “Bajram Curri” with her mother to fight fascism during the Second World War. After the murder of her brother, she becomes part of Ilegalja, the political underground, and consequently spent her youth in and out of prisons.
Her home is a typical modest one-storey house built in the then periphery of Pristina known as the Peyton Place, a name coined by its residents after the popular American soap-opera of the ‘60s. This type of residential areas were common in former Yugoslavia and were characterized by lively landscape designs created by its residents. Even though private, they had an exhibitionary quality. Therefore, residents of Pristina liked taking strolls to enjoy the calmness of the place and diverse vegetation tastefully chosen. Ms. Hana died in 2004, and her house is one of the few standing reminders of what Peyton Place used to be.