Plaque to Gavrilo Princep - Sarajevo

Plaque to Gavrilo Princep - mounted on the wall of the Moritz Schiller delicatessen on Franz Josef Strasse at the corner intersection on the Appel Quay, the site of the assassination (by Princep) of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28th June 1914, the event which (eventually) led to World War One. The general consensus in the Western countries in 1930 after the plaque was erected on February 2nd, 1930, the 15th anniversary of the executions by hanging of three of the conspirators in the assassination was that the plaque was shameful and represented a "monstrous provocation". The international reaction was one of rebuke and consternation. Adolf Hitler viewed the plaque in 1941 and it was subsequently placed in the Berlin Zeughaus or military museum where it was viewed by spectators. At least three photographs exist of the plaque on display in the museum. It was removed and disappeared after 1945. There is no trace of it after the war

Picture No

11677525

Media ID

46690664

Size

3494px x 5546px (1.8MB)

Credit

Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Source

Unattributed postcard

Date

circa 1931