'' Albania 's Golgotha : Indictment of the Exterminators of the Albanian People '' , ( ) , is a German published document of 1913 which was written by the Austrian publicist and politician ( 1875-1953 ) . The document is a compilation of news which he gathered when traveling in the Vilayet of Kosovo during the Serbian invasion of 1912-1913 , explaining in detail the full-scale massacres , rape , expulsions , torture and abuse which Albanian civilians suffered under Serb rule by the army and Chetnik paramilitaries . According to the documents of Freundlich , 25,000 Albanians were massacred in total . The document describes the methods of ethnic cleansing which was used to remove the Albanian population of Macedonia , Northern Albania , and Kosovo . The document was re-translated by Robert Elsie . The reports were confirmed by the International Commission to Inquire into the Causes and Conduct of the Balkan War . Freundlich writes of the " thousand of men , women , children and old people who were slain or tortured to death " . The report contains information on how entire villages were marauded and burnt to the ground and the women and young girls being raped , and the countryside plundered , ravaged and swimming in blood " . He called for an international investigation demanding that Serbian and Montenegrin forces leave Northern Albania and that the atrocities stop . Freundlich was also told by Serbian officials that they were going to wipe out the Albanians , despite protests from the Great Powers . The war crimes were , according to Freundlich , fully supported by the Serbian authorities . He also describes how the Serb regular army , together with Chetniks , attacked unarmed civilians , strangled children and elderly and raped 12-year-old girls . The report gained much attention in Europe with news-bureaus reporting of " appalling atrocities " being committed by the Serb armies . The '' Kreuzzeitung '' reported on the " extermination of the Albanian population " and '' The Daily Chronicle '' about the massacre of " 2,000 Arnauts in Kumanovo " and another " 5,000 in Pristina " The '' Il Messaggero '' of Rome reported of " heinous massacres " of the Albanians in the Vilayet of Kosovo . The French " '' L'Humanité '' " reported of plundering , massacres and destruction . Freundlich called for the Great Powers help in order to protect the " defenseless population against an army with a state " referring to how the Albanians did not resist the invading Serb forces but were , despite their cooperation , massacred . He mentions how Serb soldiers , in the village of Kumanovo , set fire to houses , and smoked the inhabitants out and then shooting them . The reports include descriptions of how Catholic Albanians and priests were murdered by the Serb armies and how the Serbian Orthodox Church violently converted Albanian Catholics to Orthodoxism . In Albania , many Catholic churches were robbed , including Orthodox ones . Manhunts were carried out by Serb officers who killed many Albanians , and houses and whole villages were burned down with the inhabitants being burned alive or shot down as they fled . Much of the food was stolen by the Serb soldiers from the Albanian villagers , leading to starvation and disease
Serb rule by the army
Massacres of Albanians in the Balkan Wars
Albania's Golgotha