Ferdinand and Wife Sophia The day started off with Franz visiting Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovnia, to view the Austro-Hungarian troops located there. The day this all took place was June 28, 1914. Also in the capital at the same time was a Serbian terrorist group known as the “The Black Hand”. The Black Hand consisted of seven men who initially planned to assassinate Franz by practicing techniques such as bomb throwing and shooting techniques which would be used on this day. The seven men were all strategically placed along the street that Franz would be driving on that day. As Franz’s automobile passed the third terrorist he withdrew a bomb from his pocket and threw it at the automobile but it bounced off the hood and destroyed the automobile behind Franz’s. Startled by the chain of events Franz made his way back to City Hall. After lunch at the City Hall Franz decided
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Gavrilo Princip coincidently was right at the corner and Franz Ferdinand looked into the eyes of his assassinator as he shot one bullet into his neck and the other into the stomach of his pregnant wife. Instantaneously Franz and his wife Sophia were emitted to a hospital where they both later died.
A Follow Up On The Assassination Of Franz Ferdinand
Eyewitness Accounts “ As people pulled up into the parking lot of the funeral service it got more and more full of people grieving for the loss of the beloved Sophia and Franz. They were great people who didn’t deserve to die, they were only trying to accomplish something good and now they can not fulfill what they wanted to do and that is what saddens me the most.” - Close family friend
Here is lies the Coffins of Sophia and Franz. Due to the gap in social classes, Sophia’s coffin was a couple inches lower then her because this was not forgotten even after the death of her.
The death of Franz Ferdinand was known as one of the main causes of the start of World War
Gavrilo Princip coincidently was right at the corner and Franz Ferdinand looked into the eyes of his assassinator as he shot one bullet into his neck and the other into the stomach of his pregnant wife. Instantaneously Franz and his wife Sophia were emitted to a hospital where they both later died.
A Follow Up On The Assassination Of Franz Ferdinand
Eyewitness Accounts “ As people pulled up into the parking lot of the funeral service it got more and more full of people grieving for the loss of the beloved Sophia and Franz. They were great people who didn’t deserve to die, they were only trying to accomplish something good and now they can not fulfill what they wanted to do and that is what saddens me the most.” - Close family friend
Here is lies the Coffins of Sophia and Franz. Due to the gap in social classes, Sophia’s coffin was a couple inches lower then her because this was not forgotten even after the death of her.
The death of Franz Ferdinand was known as one of the main causes of the start of World War