When Serbian soldiers plundered the Church of Prizren, the rectory, the Archbishop's palace, the convent and kidnapped two Catholic priests in 1912

When Serbian soldiers plundered the Church of Prizren, kidnapped two Catholic priests, and killed 560 Albanians within two weeks in 1912

In 1912, the newspaper Forum Weltkirche, located in the Lyon Public Library (Bibliothèque jésuite des Fontaines), published a report titled “The Catholic Missions Illustrated Monthly Journal. The article discusses Serbian soldiers plundering the Church of Prizren in 1912, kidnapping two Catholic priests, as well as killing Albanians in Shkup (Üsküb) and throwing their corpses in the Vardar River, as well as killing wounded Turkish soldiers.

Translated:

“In Prisrendi, the Serbs plundered the church, the rectory, the archbishop’s palace, and the convent, and held the two priests of the town in custody for several days. Several hundred Laraman, i.e., Albanians who outwardly live as Muslims but are secretly Catholic, now publicly declared themselves as such. However, the new (Serbian) government demanded that they either remain Muslims or become schismatics. On November 2nd, the town’s clergy had to go to the train station to be present at the reception of King Peter”.

Serbian soldiers killed 560 Albanians in Shkup (Üsküb) within in two weeks, and made wounded Turkish soldiers dissappear without a trace

Cited:

“After the Serbs captured the city, 30 to 40 corpses were seen floating down the Vardar River daily for two weeks. The new government made the wounded Turkish soldiers from the Battle of Kumanovo, who were found in Üsküb, disappear without a trace”

Source

Forum Weltkirche, 1912. Die Katholischen Missionen Illustrierte Monatschrift im Anschluß an die Lyoner Wochenschrift des Vereins der Glaubensverbreitung herausgegeben von einigen Priestern der Gesellschaft Jesu Ein und vierzigfter Jahrgang Oktober 1912 bis September 1913. “Albanien”.

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