A series of historical texts describing the massacres, situation and invasion of Albania and the regions outside of Albania up till 1910s to 1940s.
Leo Trotsky: Behind the Curtains of the Balkan Wars (1912) - As a young journalist, Russian revolutionary Leo Trotsky experienced at first hand the Serbian invasion of Kosovo and Macedonia in October 1912 and described it in all its horror in a report back to a Ukrainian newspaper.
The New York Times: A Trail of Blood (1912) A report that appeared in ‘The New York Times’ on 31 December 1912 on the Serbian invasion of Kosovo.
Frankfurter Zeitung: The Balkan War (1913) A front-page newspaper editorial in Germany denounces Serbia’s extermination policies of the Kosovo Albanians during the First Balkan War in 1913.
Egon Erwin Kisch: The Shelling of Shkodra and the Burning Down of the Bazaar (1913) A German journalist visits Shkodra just after the Montenegrin assault of April 1913.
Leo Freundlich: Albania’s Golgotha … (1913) The full text of Austrian publicist Leo Freundlich’s moving book on the Serbian invasion of Kosovo in late 1912.
Dole in Dibra: Official Report … (1913) This report, published in December 1913, detailed the carnage caused by the Serbian invasion of the Dibra and Luma region along the present Albanian-Macedonian border.
Consul von Heimroth: Report on the Situation in Skopje and Kosova … (1913) - Correspondence from the Austro-Hungarian consul in Skopje on the chilling situation there and in Kosova (Kosovo) following the Serbian invasion.
Archbishop Lazër Mjeda: Report on the Serb Invasion of Kosova and Macedonia (1913) - Mjeda was the Catholic archbishop of Skopje from 1901-1921. He reports to the Vatican here on the carnage caused by the Serbian invasion of Kosova (Kosovo) and Macedonia in the autumn of 1912.
Austro-Hungarian Vice-Consul Kohlruss: The Situation in Prizren - An Austro-Hungarian official reports on the situation in Prizren one year after the Serbian conquest of Kosovo.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Report on the Serbian Invasion of Kosovo during the First Balkan War - Short report of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace concerning the Serbian invasion of Kosovo during the First Balkan War, 1912.
British Foreign Office report: Vlora in the Summer of 1914 - Letter from Edith Durham on the chaotic situation in Vlora on the eve of the Greek invasion.
Christo Dako: Terrible Greek Atrocities in the District of Kortcha - Albanian journalist Christo Anastas Dako informs Aubrey Herbert in London about the atrocities committed by Greek troops in southern Albania in early 1914.
Mid’hat bey Frashëri: The Epirus Question - the Martyrdom of a People -Political figure Mid’hat bey Frashëri denounces the destruction of much of southern Albania by Greek military and paramilitary forces in 1913-1914.
Statistics of the Rugova Massacre - Statistics of a massacre in the Rugova Highlands in Kosovo in February 1919.
Rexhep Mitrovica & Bedri Pejani: A Kosovar Protest - A letter to the Great Powers from two Kosovar intellectuals to appeal for assistance against the Serbian annexation of Kosovo.
Gjon Bisaku, Shtjefën Kurti & Luigj Gashi: Albanian Minority in Yugoslavia Three Catholic priests in Kosovo present a memorandum to the League of Nations on the desperate plight of their people under Serbian rule.
Convention Regulating the Emigration of the Turkish Population … - An international treaty between the governments of Yugoslavia and Turkey for formalise the start of the expulsion of the Albanians and Turks from Kosovo, Macedonia and southern Serbia.
Edith Durham: Albania - An overview of Albanian history and a plea for justice following the Italian invasion of Albania.
The Resolution of Bujan - The 1944 resolution of the Conference of Bujan, that promised the right to self-determination and even secession for Kosovo, was a document of great significance to the Kosovo Albanian population, but was subsequently ignored and forgotten.
Eyewitness Account of the Expulsion of the Chams from Greece - An account of the massacre in Filat (Filiates) and the expulsion of the Albanian Chams from Greece in September 1944.
British Report on the First Cham Congress of Vlora - A British military document reporting on the First Cham Congress held in Vlora (Valona) on 23 September 1945.
Committee of Cham Albanians on Greek persecution of the Chams - A protest by the Cham Anti-Fascist Committee following the expulsion of the Albanian Cham community from Greece.
Rexhep Qosja: The Albanian Question and its Solution - Kosovar intellectual figure Rexhep Qosja provides an overview of the Albanian question in Yugoslavia, written during the last decade of Serb rule in Kosovo.
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