Aleksandra was in a line of fear and helplessness: I can still hear the sentence "We have to leave the house". I felt the shrapnels on me (PHOTO)

Hundreds of Serbian children and entire families remained without their homes, 22 years ago on this day, family Stijelja from Zagreb and a three-year-old Aleksandra were in a line on that 4th August 1995 when they were banished with "Storm". She lost her father and her grandfather in this crime, and soon after giving birth to her sister Sanja, her mother passed away. 

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Her brother Sava, sister Tanja and her, grew up with her uncle and aunt. 

Even though she barely walked, Aleksandra remembers each second of the crime that Serbia is crying about. 

Her father's sentence is still ringing in her head that they have to leave the house.

- While he was tying my shoelaces, he said the that we have to leave the house quickly - Aleksandra starts her story for Telegraf.

The road took them to Petrovac road, where she and her family was struck by shrapnels.

- I was in a truck. There were more people next to my mom Vedrana, grandma and brother Sava. I looked through the torn cloth and in a moment I saw planes that were flying straight toward us. My grandma hugged us all and a terrible noise broke us apart. Shrapnel flew all over the place. My brother Sava was hit in the ear, mom in the arm, and I was hit in the hand. I remember that someone took me outside the truck. Then I saw a car where my father and grandpa were. It was burning. Grandma was crying and she held my dad by his hand. 

When they arrived in Serbia, despite everything, they spent few days in Bor. From there they moved to Ilok. Mother Vedrana was transferred to the hospital for delivery, where she died, after giving birth to Aleksandra's sister Tanja. 

Since 1995, they lived with uncle Nikola and aunt Natalija. Ever since they lost their parents, aunt and uncle have been their whole world. 

The youngest sister Tanja was born in Novi Sad and so far she never went to Croatia. Unlike her, Aleksandra and Sava dared to visit their former home.

Foto: Profimedia/Corbis

- Grandparents house, old drinking fountain where Sava and I used to play, yard covered with grass... It all came back to me and I realized that I remember also the nice and beautiful moments, not only the moment where I lost my dad and grandpa - said Aleksandra who received threats not to return to Croatia over Facebook, but she couldn't determine from where they came from.

She is currently working at the Serbian Refugees and Migration Commission as a field worker with migrants at the Shelter Center. The older brother works in the police, and younger sister Tanja studies.

- There is no anger in me, I don't think that there were any. I am not thinking about the "Storm" unless when the date comes, and then people remind me with their questions on the saddest day in my life. Then I draw the line and think that everything that has happened to me is sad and unnecessary.

(Telegraf.co.uk)