Serbian terrorism against Catholic Albanians in 1929 to 1930

Serbian terrorism against Catholic Albanians in 1929 to 1930

Petrit Latifi

In 1930, the Volksbote published an article writing that the Catholic Albanian clergy had fled from Yugoslavia after having been threatened by the Serbian terrorists of Narodna Obrana. A Catholic Albanian friar had been murdered by uniformed Serbs in 1929.

“Escape of Catholic clergy from Yugoslavia

The following is reported from Tirana in Albania: Several Catholic clergy of Albanian nationality have recently arrived in the Albanian border community of Kukës. They stated that they had fled Yugoslavia as a result of threats from the “Narodna Obrana” and requested that the government bring them to Shkodër.”

The Serbian murder of an Albanian Franciscan priest in 1929

“In the autumn of 1929, a Franciscan priest of Albanian nationality, who was providing pastoral care in Serbian territory, was murdered by uniformed Serbs, which we also reported on at the time”

Reference

https://digital.tessmann.it/tessmannDigital/digitisedJournalsArchive/page/journal/48/1/16.01.1930/173494/5/filterId-48%01173494%011617632-query-albanischer-filterIssueDate-%5B23.05.1835+TO+23.12.1935%5D-filterF_type-.html

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