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Franz Ferdinand of Austria was killed in the Bosnian capital MURDER IN SARAJEVO The killer, a Serb student, was immediately seized. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
A.Rotolo I.T.I. Malignani - Udine
Franz Ferdinand of Austria was killed in the Bosnian capital
MURDER IN SARAJEVOThe killer, a Serb student, was immediately seized
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You are an English newspaper reporter who has been sent to cover Archduke
Franz Ferdinand’s tour of Bosnia-Herzegovina. There is a rumor that the Black Hand group is planning to protest about the way the Austrian-Hungarian Empire is ruling
Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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If you prefer, you can be a TV reporter who is time-
travelling into the past. You can work with a partner. To ensure that your article is historically accurate, make
sure you only include information in your report
that would have been available on 28th June,
1914.
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Below there is a possible outline for your newspaper
report, which is adapted from Britain at War by Craig Mair, 1982. You can also read the Memoir of Count Franz von
Harrach, who was in Archduke’s car when he was
killed.
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“Bosnia and Herzegovina were provinces just south of
Austria which were governed
by the Turks until 1878.
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The Treaty of Berlin (1878) gave Austria the power to
administer the two provinces indefinitely.
On October 6, 1908 Austria annexed Bosnia and
Herzegovina directly into the
Austrian-Hungarian Empire.
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A.Rotolo I.T.I. Malignani - Udine
Bosnia was populated primarily by three groups: Croats (Roman Catholic),
Serbs (Serb-orthodox) and Muslims. There is no ethnic
group: Bosnians. Many Bosnian-Serbs felt a
nationalistic desire to have their province joined with that of their Serb brothers across the river in Serbia.
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Many in Serbia openly shared that desire. A secret society,
called the Black Hand, organized anti-Austrian propaganda, sabotage, espionage and political
murders. When it was learned that the Heir to the Austrian throne was scheduled to visit
Sarajevo, the Black Hand decided to kill him.
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A.Rotolo I.T.I. Malignani - Udine
Sunday 28 June 1914 was a bright and sunny day in
Sarajevo. The city was preparing for the royal visit. Crowds lined the streets and waited for the procession of cars to appear.
Hidden among the crowds were six teenager terrorists sworn to
kill the Archduke.
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They hated him and Austria. They had bombs, pistols and phials of poison which they had promised to swallow if
they were caught. They were stationed at intervals along
the riverside route which the cars follow on their way to
Town Hall.
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A.Rotolo I.T.I. Malignani - Udine
The Archduke had been warned that the city was full of Bosnian-Serb nationalists, but he had received so many
threats in the past that he ignored them. At 10.15 the cars passed Mehmedbasic,
the first in line of the waiting killers. He took fright, did
nothing, and then escaped.
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Nearby, the next assassin, a schoolboy called Cabrincvic, also lost his nerve and did
nothing. But then as the cars passed the Cumurja Bridge, Cabrincvic threw his bomb, swallowed his poison, and
jumped into the river.
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The Archduke saw the bomb coming and threw it off his car, but it exploded under
the car behind, injuring several people. Now there was total confusion as the
procession accelerated away. The Archduke was driven to
the City Hall, where he demanded to visit the bomb
victims.
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A.Rotolo I.T.I. Malignani - Udine
Fearing more terrorists, the officials decided to take a
new route to avoid the crowds. Meanwhile the other
assassins, on hearing the bomb explode, assumed the Archduke was dead and left - all except Princip, who soon
discovered the truth.
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Miserably he wandered across the street towards Schiller’s delicatessen and café. Princip was standing outside the café when, at 10.45, the Archduke’s car suddenly appeared beside
him and turned into Franz Josef Street.
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This was a mistake, for according to the new plan
the procession should have continued straight along the
Appel Quay. As the driver realized he had taken a
wrong turn he stopped and started to reverse. Princip
could hardly believe his luck.
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Pulling an automatic pistol from the right hand-pocket of his coat, he fired two shots at a
range of just 3 or 4 meters. He could not miss. One bullet
pierced the Archduke’s neck and the other ricocheted off the car into Sophie’s stomach. Princip
was immediately seized.
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He managed to swallow his poison, but it did not work and he was taken off to prison. All
the plotters except Mehedbasic were caught but only the
organizer, Ilic, was hanged, for the others were too young for the death penalty. Princip died
in an Austrian jail in April 1918”.
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A.Rotolo I.T.I. Malignani - Udine
When you have finished your work, read a real report on the assassination of Franz
Ferdinand published on 29th June 1914. In what ways is
your article different?