In 1912-13, several European papers covered the Serbian armys atrocities against the Albanians of Kosovo and Northern Albania. The “L’Humanité” in France, the left “Daily Chronicle” in Britain and the socialist “Adevărul” in Romania reported critically and even condemned the Serbian troops massacres in Albania.

The German papers “Reichspost” and “Kleine Zeitung” of November 29 1912 also addressed the massacres with the title “The Serbian war of extermination against the Albanians”. On December 2, the “Kleine Zeitung” published reports of the massacres on the front page, with an image of captured Albanians and Serb soldiers scouring them. Many newspapers described the Serbs ironically as the “bearers of culture”.

On November 27, 1912, a report was published titled “The Truth about the bloodbath of Prizren” which described the Prochaska event where Serb troops massacred the Albanian civilians who hid in the Austrian consulate in Prizren. Die Neue Zeitung mentions that 12,000 Albanians were killed in just two days. According to “Reichpost”, the Serbs openly declared that the Albanian Mohammedans must be exterminated.

On November 191, 1912, the Italian paper Gazzetta Ufficiale published an article mentioning that after fighting in Manastir, the Serbian and Greek troops commmitted “terrible atrocities”.

Other papers which covered the atrocities were the “Frankfurter Zeitung” in 1913, the “Kreuzzeitung” by the author Prof. Schiemann in 1912, the Italian “Massaggerò” and the Danish “Rieget”. The American Carnegie Foundation published a shocking documentary in 1914 about human rights violations and atrocities by the Serbian state against the Albanian population in 1912-13.

References

1. Brutalität der Türken und Albanesen, In: Arbeiterwille, Nr. 317, 17. November 1912, p. 3.
2. Leo Freundlich, Albaniens Golgatha: Anklageakten gegen die Vernichtung des Albanervolkes, Wien 1913.
3. Der serbische Ausrottungskrieg gegen die Albaner, In: Kleine Zeitung, Nr. 328, 29. November 1912, p. 2.
4. Furchtbare Grausamkeiten der Serben, In: Kleine Zeitung, Nr. 331, 2. Dezember 1912, p. 1.
5. Die Wahrheit über das Blutbad von Prizrend, In: Die Neue Zeitung, Nr. 326, 27. November 1912, p. 1-2.
6. Die serbischen Greueltaten gegen Albanesen, In: Reichspost, Nr. 556, 30. November 1912, p. 4.
7. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/chronologie-des-konfliktes-die-kosovo-tragoedie-1.287254-0
8. Gazzetta Ufficial Del Regno D’Italia (“COSTANTINOPOLI, 17 (ove 9,45). – Il comagdaante delfesercito dell’Ovest telegrata in data geL15 corrente: Una battaglia decisiva dothincierà doniani nella regione di Monastir. È stata rioccupata Ñaëlit, óve abbiamo installato il servizio telegrafico; domani ci avanzeremo su Co2:ana. I serbi ed i greci commettono incredibili atrocità.” ed.). Rome: Italian Government. 1912. p. 6716. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
9. Serbische Kreuzfahrten.“ In: Reichspost 19/527 (13. November 1912) p. 3
10. Einige Fakten und Ansichten des Terrorismus in ex- Jugoslawien Die Albaner unter der einhundertjährigen jugoslawischen Herrschaft. https://www.grin.com/document/160474
11. Die Neue Zeitung, 1912. Vienna, Thursday, November 14, 1912. “Atrocities committed by the Serbs against the Arnauts”. Drawing title “After the looting”.