Sibila Löhr, whose grandfather was infamous German general
Alexander Löhr, now known as Mother Jovana in the Serbian Orthodox
monastery Soko in Sabac, Serbia. (1)
Photo by V. Mitic, Novosti March 21, 2017
"Today [April 6, 2017] we also mark the 76th anniversary of the Operation Retribution ["Operation Punishment"] or vicious German bombing campaign of Belgrade [Serbia] on April 6, 1941. In addition to mass casualties and severe destruction of the Kindom of Yugoslavia's capital, which was previously declared an open city and thus entirely demilitarized, the German Luftwaffe destroyed crucially important buildings like the Royal Palace or the National Library of Serbia that contained hundreds of thousands of rare books, maps, and medieval manuscripts, which were indispensable for Serbian history and culture. Since nothing is more creative than reality, some 76 years later we come to learn that Sibila Löhr, whose grandfather was infamous German general Alexander Löhr, the commanding officer during this crime against humanity who was eventually tried as war criminal and executed in 1947 in Belgrade, became a nun in the Serbian Orthodox monastery Soko near Sabac. Today mother Jovana, who fluently speaks Serbian, claims the two happiest moments of her life were taking monastic vows in the Serbian Orthodox Church and becoming a Serbian citizen. Mother Jovana persists in her prayerful and God-pleasing life as she ceaselessly prays for both her German and Serbian peoples, especially in this time of Lent."
By Louis de Funès
April 6, 2017
Sibila Löhr, whose grandfather was infamous German general
Alexander Löhr, now known as Mother Jovana in the Serbian Orthodox
monastery Soko in Sabac, Serbia. (2)
Photo by V. Mitic, Novosti March 21, 2017
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