Assassination in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Memorial plaque at the location of the Sarajevo assassination by Gavrilo Princip
Waymark Code: WM904F
Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date Posted: 06/07/2010
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On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot dead in Sarajevo, by Gavrilo Princip, one of a group of six Bosnian Serb assassins coordinated by Danilo Ilic. The political objective of the assassination was to break off Austria-Hungary's south-Slav provinces so they could be combined into a Greater Serbia or a Yugoslavia. The assassins' motives were consistent with the movement that later became known as Young Bosnia. Serbian military officers stood behind the attack.
Group that erected the marker: Sarajevo museum
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Zelenih beretki 1
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
71000
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