Destruction of churches and church property on Kosovo in days of March Pogrom (March 17-19, 2004)

The German soldiers were very frightened and disturbed. The Albanians had already begun to smash the windows of the Bishop's residence; some had already broken into the Church of St. George. Father Myron was quickly ordered to prepare to evacuate. With lightning speed, the Germans threw him into an armored transporter and transferred him to the German base. In the meanwhile, the Albanian mob had already broken into the Bishop's residence and set it on fire, while some were helping themselves to anything of value left in the building. A fire was also set in the church of St. George from which the Albanians, according to later testimony, were also removing precious objects. After it burned down, the church was also dynamited so that the entire roof with the dome collapsed. The mass howled in its destructive delirium.