Interview with Nikola Karev 1903 I am Macedonian

[Lorenzo]

еве го оргиналниот текст на грчки

[Daskalot]

Thank you Lorenzo for posting the original source of the article.
Another piece of evidence has now been verified, awesome.
By the way, welcome to our forum and keep up the good work.
Could anyone of our Greek speaking members cross-check the article with the original?

[Daskalot]

I decided to move this post into a thread of its own. Great find, and thank you.

[makedonin]

Finally we have the original text, thanx for that Lorenzo.

The translation above is scanned from the immigrant paper "Macedonia".

[Daskalot]

Makedonin, do you know which year it was published and where?

[makedonin]

Makedonin, do you know which date it was published and where?

Sorry Daskale I can't serve with that, I don't have the paper anymore, maknews days were long time ago

I know that it was also reported in

Утрински Весник, Сабота, 22.07.2000 Архивски Број 329

However they have archive only back to 2002.

So it has to be around that time too....
The first to find and publish the interview was г-ѓа Вамбаковска from the Historical institute in Macedonia.

[Stojacanec]

It seems the interviewer tried to impose being Greek on N Karev every time he distinguished himself from a Greek.

[Daskalot]

Thank you for the info Makedonin. Does anyone else know when and where it was published? To clarify I am referring to the English translation of the interview.

[makedonin]

Thank you for the info Makedonin. Does anyone else know when and where it was published? To clarify I am referring to the English translation of the interview.

Daskale, the possibility that someone else will know that is slim. The paper is long time dead, and the above English scan is made by me.

[Daskalot]

Daskale, the possibility that someone else will know that is slim. The paper is long time dead, and the above English scan is made by me.

Ok good to know, do you still have the original Makedonin?

[makedonin]

Ok good to know, do you still have the original Makedonin?

Unfortunately the original is long gone too... најверојатно сам го изгубил при селење.

[Daskalot]

Ok, lets see what we can find out, remember time is on our side

[makedonin]

Ok, lets see what we can find out, remember time is on our side

Till date I haven't found any online sources for that immigrant Paper. It was distributed through a network here in Germany, but most probably printed elsewhere. I have lost contact to the people that were distributors due to shift of place of living.

But hey, time is on our side maybe some day...

[Voltron]

There is a wrong translation on the second page of the english version. 4th bottom paragraph from the right top. It says:

"Whatever kind of watering, it refreshes us and has forced us to turn our branches to that side which, we admit we have nothing in common, and to run from you with which we do not share the same blood and history. This is in some way a protest against Greek interest in us."

The word "not" is wrong. Its not included in the original text. Also the last sentence should say "This is in some way a protest against Greek indifference to us". Not "interest" in us.

The correct translation is below:

"Whatever watering it may be, it refreshes us and made us turn our branches towards that place which I confess nothing unites us (Bulgarians) and to leave you whom we have one blood and one history. This is some way a protest of against Greek indifference to us."

Now reading this interview I cant help but notice that Karev was looking for Greek support. His argument is that he was forced to side with the Bulgarians since Greek support was nonexistant.

[Soldier of Macedon]

Now reading this interview I cant help but notice that Karev was looking for Greek support. His argument is that he was forced to side with the Bulgarians since Greek support was nonexistant.

If you read it a little more carefully you will also notice that he says even if a Turk offers his hand to save us, we will grab it with gratitude. The whole point was Macedonian independence - Greeks, Bulgars, Turks, etc were only a means to an end.