[Shkolla Normale, November 30, 1968]. When Xhavit Nimani took the floor… it was already very late, almost 8 in the evening…I got angry and spoke arrogantly, I said, ‘Enough, do not tire us.’ …For this day, for this speech, I had prepared myself. I had memorized some things by heart. Ali Boletini taught them to me, as did Hamëz Shala and Halil Alidema. They made me repeat the words. ‘Ask for the flag. Because the partisans fought in the anti fascist war with this flag, ask for it. Ask for the development of the country. Ask why Trepça is being exploited.’ …And Ali never spoke loudly, he said, ‘Do not be like Halil who bangs on the table, you do not bang on the table. If you are there, you must present the demands.’.. Point by point, like reciting a poem, I mentioned all of those things… After I finished with my final sentence, I said, ‘Comrade Xhavit, it is useless to keep us. Until those in prison are released we have no intention to end the strike, the boycott of lessons.’ …On December 4, they were released. That was our victory. But the possibility to speak, to say things, to demand, was greater…an inspiration that it was indeed possible to make even political figures like Xhavit Nimani back down.
Sahit Berisha was born in 1947, in the village of Leletiq, Lipjan. He graduated from the Shkolla Normale and the University of Prishtina with a degree in History. He was arrested and served time in jail as a member of the Ilegalja. Berisha taught history in high school until the 1990s, when he took charge of the security details of President Ibrahim Rugova. Later, he was involved in clandestine liaison work, logistical facilitation, and information distribution for the Kosovo Liberation Army.