Archduke franz ferdinands assassination by the black

18. Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination by the Black Hand terrorist organization
a. On June 28, 1914, a teenage Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his
wife, Sophie, as their motorcade maneuvered through the streets of Sarajevo. Next in line for the
Austro-Hungarian throne, Ferdinand had not been particularly well liked in aristocratic circles.
Nonetheless, his death quickly set off a chain reaction of events culminating in the outbreak of
World War I.
b. The Black Hand movement wanted Serbia to be free from Austro-Hungarian rule. The Black Hand
movement was founded by Captain Dragutin Dimitrijevic, better known as ‘Apis’. Gavrilo Princip
(see photo), the assassin of Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie a t Sarajevo on June 28th 1914,
was a member of the Black Hand movement.
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