Tuesday, March 11, 2014

My great uncle started World War One

Via WiscoDave
Miljkan Princip, the grandson of Gavrilo Princip's brother, poses with a photo of the assassin's old house as he stands in front of it in Bosansko Grahovo

To some he is hero, a selfless freedom fighter who liberated his nation after years of oppression.

But to others he is a ruthless terrorist who lit the fuse for World War One, plunging Europe into years of darkness and despair.

Now 100 years after 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, as they rode through Sarajevo the act continues to create bitter divisions in a deeply fractured country. 

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