Assassination at Sarajevo Important Places/Dates of event: April,1914- Narodna Obrandna recieves paper that says that Francis Ferdinand will be coming to Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 Sarajevo-June28, 1914- Francis Ferdinand and Sofia Chotek are assassinated July 23- Austria sends ultimatum to Serbian leaders July 28-Austria declares war on Serbia August 1, 1914- Germany declares war on Russia August 2, 1914- Germany asks for free transit in Belgium; Belgium refuses, but German’s enter
people dead and the war left the cities and town in ruins. Zlata Filipović was born on December 3rd, 1980 in Sarajevo Yugoslavia. Because of her diary, that got published, she was called the “Anne Frank of Sarajevo”, and now lives in Dublin, Ireland after living in the war then in Paris, France for a year. She was 11 when she started to write a diary, and a few months later the War of Sarajevo started in April of 1992 and went through to December 1995. It was unbelievable that people lived there, or
ride through the countryside was quite amazing. If you did not know, you would swear you were driving down a back road in Pennsylvania. The only visible difference were signs written in Cyrillic for little shops along the road. As the contours of Sarajevo came into focus, you could not miss the gaping, rubble-filled holes that were once buildings. I was not ready for the scenes of destruction that I was about to witness. I have hiked the hollow fields of Gettysburgh, read stories of the war in Vietnam
Thesis: In Steven Galloway's “The Cellist of Sarajevo,” the city is symbolic for the occurrences in its citizen’s lives. As the city's symbols for pride deteriorate with the effects of war, so do the character's symbols. Both the city and the citizen’s are faced with inner conflict, that, unless they can overcome, will destroy their very core. Finally, with the grace and healing power of the cellist's music, both the city and the citizen's lives can be seen as they previously were, and reclaim themselves
rare occasion that when a person is asked what the causes of World War I were, that they answer with the simple comment of an Austrian Prince being shot in Serbia. However the assignation of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie , in Sarajevo was not the main cause of the Great War. Rather, it was the breaking point for Austria in its dealings with Serbia. The truth of the matter is that several factors played a role in the outbreak of the catastrophic war the engulfed the nations of
nationalism, and the system of alliances. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and a prince in Bohemia and Hungary. Ferdinand’s wife Sophie Chotek was pregnant when the two were assassinated on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo. The murderer in this incident was Gavrilo Princip, a member of the terrorist
outraged by this. They wanted the provinces to be part of a Serbian led pan-Slav state, instead of being a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. While Franz Ferdinand was on his visit to Sarajevo, a Serbian terrorist group, called the Black Hand, was determined to assassinate Franz Ferdinand while he was there in Sarajevo. On June 28, 1914 the Bland Hand terrorist group planned on assassinating Franz Ferdinand. When Francis Ferdinand and his wife drove from the station through the parade, they were
exists a small, but noteworthy belief that the affair was actually quite significant. In fact, it is believed that his assassination was the main reason the War even began in the first place.While riding with his wife through the European city of Sarajevo, the motorist took a wrong turn while on their way to visit the City Hall. Realising his mistake, the motorist began to try and reverse the car, but as a result, the car stalled. Unbeknownst to the group, a member of the Terrorist organization “The
the Duchess of Hohenberg. The Archduke, in his capacity as Inspector-General of the Forces of the Empire, had been attending military manoeuvres in the province of Bosnia. While he was passing yesterday, with the Duchess, through the streets of Sarajevo, a bomb was thrown at his motor-car by a printer from the town of Trebinje. It is said that the Archduke warded off the bomb with his arm. At any rate the attempt failed, though others were injured. The Archduke held a reception at the Town Hall
The Sarajevo Murders Long before 1914, the desire to be the most powerful nation created extreme tension in Europe. The leaders of the central powers believed that war would break out eventually and consequently, they failed to avert the war. "…I believe war is unavoidable; war the sooner the better."[1] No single cause alone could contribute to World War One but it was the Sarajevo murders that sparked the dynamite which had been piling underneath Europe's surface for many years. Within
The Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand : Trigger for War Bosnia and Herzegovina were provinces just south of Austria, which had, until 1878, been governed by the Turks. The Treaty of Berlin, in 1878, settled the disposition of lands lost by the Turks following their disastrous war with Russia. Austria was granted the power to administer the two provinces indefinitely. Many Bosnian-Serbs felt a strong nationalistic desire to have their province joined with that of their Serb brothers
lack of help Bosnians received during this war torn time. The U.N. did not want to intervene till, in my opinion, it was too late. This is touched upon in each of the materials covered. 1993, the United Nations (UN) Security Council declared that Sarajevo, Gorazde, Srebrenica and other Muslim enclaves were to be safe areas, protected by a contingent of UN peacekeepers, which we read about in “Safe Area Gorazde” which we know that was a joke in its self
started when Serbs in Bosnia and Croatia incited a rebellion. Bosnia is the center of the conflict, being the most diverse. The Bosnian-Croat Federation occupies Western Bosnia, which includes the capital city of Sarajevo. Whereas eastern Bosnia is occupied by the Serb Republic. Sarajevo is the center of most of the fighting, because it is such a diverse city, torn by different ethnic neighborhoods. Many European countries and the United States tried to end fighting before it spread throughout Europe
A girl from Sarajevo Bosnia settled in Florida along with her family after escaping Bosnia as war refugees. Since her aunt lived in Florida, she helped facilitate the proper paper work for acceptance into America. In the interview we discussed, gender roles, spiritual beliefs, food, in addition to the benefits and disadvantages of being part of this cultural group. It was a fascinating experience to learn about her family, history and culture. Family and Culture The male in Bosnian culture is considered
Ferdinand, and ideologies such as nationalism and militarism. The most obvious trigger for the war was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on June 28, 1914. The assassination took place during the Archduke’s visit to Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Archduke was targeted due to an ill feeling amongst Serbians that, once appointed to the throne, Ferdinand would continue the persecution of Serbs living within the borders of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is one of the most well-known events in history. It was the trigger that catapulted countries across Europe into the infamous World War I. And yet, even with the murder’s fame, most people do not think about the fact that it was unnecessary. Archduke Ferdinand was unjustly killed by Gavrilo Princip because the assassin was part of a terrorist group that favored a union between Bosnia-and-Herzegovina and Serbia instead of Austria-Hungary. However, some
Causes of World War I The Balkan Peninsula has long been known as the “tinderbox of Europe” because it has been an area of conflict and political unrest for centuries. The countries and people that occupy the peninsula are constantly in chaos and at war with each other. This trend continues today with the problems in Bosnia and the recent international crisis in Kosovo. Throughout history, small local incidents in the Balkan Peninsula have escalated into large international crises. World War
and pistols that they had gotten from Serbia. They all belonged to a group called the Black Hand. The Black Hand group was trying to restore Serbia to power by using sabotage and terror on its enemies. Gavrilo Princep was a Serbian student in Sarajevo who wanted to be a martyr for Serbia. He idolized Bogdan Zeragic who had tried to assassinate a Austro-Hungarian General and then killed himself. Princep was recruited along with a couple of other students that also followed Zeragic to be in the
alliance. But many small countries did fear Austria-Hungary, because of one man who was powerful and rich. On 28th June 1914, Franz Ferdinand and his pregnant wife (Sophia)-were killed by a Serb nationalist, Gavrilo Princip, while on formal visit to Sarajevo (capital of Bosnia/Herzegovina). He and his wife were there to inspect the Austro-Hungarian troops. A Serbian terrorist group (named the Black Hand) had heard about the news of the Archduke’s visit and had planned several attacks to end his life
von Bismarck was correct. The first World War was triggered by the unmerited assassination of the Austro-Hungarian Archduke. The day Ferdinand was killed, was his and his wife’s wedding anniversary (History.com Staff 1). The couple was visiting Sarajevo in a open car, a rarity at the time (Ben Cosgrove 1). Unfortunately, this city held threatening nationalists and terrorists. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a young man named Gavrilo Princip. Princip had been trained in terrorism by