Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0112Description
Black and white stereograph. Image is of a small town/village, there is a hill in the background, in he foreground is a bridge over a canal and a large tree. Above the image "W1 (Star)" is pritned, below the image "15625 Serajevo, Yugoslavia - Scene of Murder of Crown Prince which Started Flame that Engulfed All Europe." is printed, . to the left of the image "Keystone View Company Copyrighted Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
15625
SARAJEVO, JUGO-SLAVIA --- SCENE OF MURDER OF CROWN PRINCE
The city of Sarajevo (pronunciation guide) in Bosnia was the seat of the Austro-Hungarian government for Bosnia and Herzegovina (pronunciation guide). In 1878 The leading governments of Europe sent representatives to a Congress in Berlin to settle the Balkan question. The work that this congress was to do was like that of the Peace Conference which met at Versailles in 1919, at the close of the World War. But the Congress of Berlin did not take into consideration the interests of oppressed peoples and arranged matters to suit their own selfish intereststs. The mistakes made in Berlin were underlying causes of the recent war. Austria was invited to "occupy" Bosnia and Herzegovina. The people of Bosnia and Herzegovina resisted the Austro-Hungarians but were unsuccessful. On September 20th, 1878 Austria-Hungary took over their govenrment. This arrangement was supposed to be only temporary and she was supposed to evacuate when order and prosperity had been restored. But for selfish reasons Austria-Hungary became unwilling to do this and in 1908 Emperor Francis Joseph sent autograph letters to the various rulers of Europe stating that Austria-Hungary had annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina to her territory. Servia had for a long time hoped to united with her Slavic kinsmen of Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Montenegro in a greater state. Naturally she did not like this plan of Austria-Hungary.
On June 28,1914, the Archduke Francis Ferdinaand, heri to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his consort, the Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot by a Serbian boy, who was a Bosnian subject of Austria. Because of this act Austria declared war on Srvia and the great war was begun.
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