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exactly 90 years ago, on 28 june 1914 the young serb gavrilo princip shot austrian archduke franz ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and his wife sophie. austrian newspaper reported intensively these days on the incidents in sarajevo, which finally led to ww1. sauseschritt followed the traces of princip and found an interesting article of los angeles journalist david devoss remote_a written in august 2000 for the smithsonian magazine:

GAVRILO3

der tatort 2004

one of my first priorities upon arriving in sarajevo was to find the famous corner where the assassination had occured, but after several false starts, I realized that gavrilo princip, a national hero prior to yugoslavia?s early 1990?s disintegration into warring factions, was now considered a criminal terrorist by bosnia. not only was the princip museum closed but all traces of its name had been sandblasted from the exterior. gone too, where the concrete embedded footprints marking the spot where princip stood when he fired the fatal bullets. even finding the site of the assassination was difficult, since officials had changed street names and removed all historical markers oertaining to the event.
inzwischen ist an erwähnter straßenecke ein neues gedenkschild aufgetaucht, allerdings nicht mehr in kyrilischer sondern in lateinischer schrift. nur nach den in beton gegossenen fußspuren von gavrilo princip mag man noch immer vergeblich suchen. das bild eines touristen, aufgenommen 1986 (siehe unten), zeigt den ursprünglichen Zustand an jener straßenecke, wie er vom offiziellen jugoslavien offenbar erwünscht war. damals, im sommer 1992, als der beschuß von sarajevo unerträglich wurde, begannen die einwohner der stadt das princip - museum zu demontieren, in ohnmächtige rache an den relikten der serbischen dominanz im ehemaligen jugoslawien. auch die demontage der historischen hinweise an jener geschichtsträchtigen ecke in sarajevo ist in jener zeit passiert. so manche/r beobachter/in mag behaupten, dass die ecke (und das dem haus vorgelagerte trottoir) vollständig dem beschuß der serbischen milizen zum opfer gefallen sei; doch dies ist wohl nur die halbe wahrheit.
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der tatort 1986 remote_a © galenfrysinger.com

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since 1984 the vienna city administration organises a huge festival on the long stretched island of the danube river. this means food, music, initiatives and sometimes sunny weather the whole weekend. too many people, one might think as almost 2.5 mio visitors were counted this time. anyway, there are some places to have a rest ....

insel13mit knapp 2,5 mio besucher/innen war es wieder einmal schwierig ein ruhiges plätzchen zu finden. indes, dort beim milleniumsturm einige heurige und ganz im trend: balkan und akkordeonmusik. eine insel am remote_a donauinselfest
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