Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

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The Black Hand

• Secret Serbian Terrorist Organization

• Formed by “Apis”- Captain Dragutin Dimitrijevic

• Archduke Ferdinand’s Assassin- Gavrilo Princip- Member of Black Hand

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• From- Hapsburg family

• Inherited throne - 1896

• His Government Policies- Conflicted; Serbian nationalists

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWarchduke.html

Sarajevo

• Capital- of Bosnia and Herzegovina

• City- Franz Ferdinand was assassinated

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Motive For Assassination

• Austro-Hungarian empire- Annexed Bosnia in 1908- Bosnians wanted to unify with Serbia

• Black Hand Agenda- Ferdinand’s policies interfered Gavrilo Princip

http://www.historywiz.com/historymakers/princip.html

Conspirators

• Apis orders- from Belgrade- Three men:

• Gavrilo Princip• Nedjelko Cabrinovic• Trifko Grabez• Four other men join:• Danilo Ilic• Vaso Cubrilovic• Cvijetko Popovic• Humaed Mehmedbasic

Apis aka Dragutin Dimitrijevic

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First Attempt

• Conspirators line up• Nedjelko Cabrinovic

- 10:10 AM- Throws grenade at car

• Driver speeds up- Ferdinand deflects bomb- Car behind Ferdinand’s blows up

Princip Encounters Ferdinand

Aftermath

The Ultimatum

Documentation

• http://www.historywiz.com/historymakers/princip.html

• http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWarchduke.htm

• http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/duke.htm• http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/

assassination.htm• http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/comment/

sarajevo.html• http://makdizdar.ba/wp-content/themes/

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