" ROOTS HARRI STOJKA "

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Posted.08.11.2016.

Harri Stojka family Vienna, comes from a large and well-known family, Lovara, from dinastje Bagarešći tribes who came from Wallachia, before about 150 years, then there were over two hundred members of the family.

 During World War II, the family Stojka experienced Golgotha, the then fascist regime, all were taken to the path of no return, after a terrible, inhuman inhumane suffering in the concentration camps, such as Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen.

Many of them did not survive the hell through which they passed.

Of the two hundred Calne family Stojka survived them all, six, Mugla where you were his father and uncle Haris.

After such terrible suffering, the suffering of course they feel and bear the consequences, all his life all these horrors.

A musical idol of his father he was, Frank Sinatra.

FRANK SINATRA

Harri and his sister were born much later. His mother, until it is built in a wheelchair, during walks, he hummed the songs of the Beatles.

BEATLES

During the Christmas holidays after the war, in prordici Harri Stojka, they sang songs in the Romani language, which were extremely sad songs, songs of Roma from the past, which were returned to the most terrible fate that had befallen them and to remember the concentration camps and killed family members.

BEATLES

As young children, Harri and his cousins ​​were hiding under tables.

In some cases, they have managed to avoid this sad mood!

They grew up with the suffering and grief of their parents and relatives.

In the sixth year of his father, Harris, received as a gift a plastic guitar.

For Harris, this little guitar meant a lot, he was fascinated by the gift received.

Shortly after receiving the gift, and continuous training on the plastic guitar! his father saw, and recognized the talent at his son.

He did not hesitate, I bought him a real, proper guitar.

From the very beginning,his father was constantly telling him to practice, practice and practice only !!

HARRI STOJKA

At the beginning of his musical career was impressed Beatlesaima.

House, Harris Stojka has always been filled with music, sister Doris, listen to English rock, Harris, Elvis Presley.

At Harris in his further musical career, has left its mark, diverse mix of different musical styles.

But when a little older music icon was his guitarist George Harrison.

Text by: 

Nebojša Vladisavljević

to be continued ..

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