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"I saw the assassin Princip the Serb step out of a shop. With two gray horsetails for a mustache and a droopy ivory pipe carved fine enough for a Habsburg, he spoke in streaks, allowing Radler to translate. I thought Radler was being theatrical until the old man opened his mouth. Radler announced, "This man has seen with his own eyes the start of the Great War.the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914."

To bring that history to life, Radler pulled up an extra chair, poured a glass of wine, and invited the oldest man in the village to sit next to me. Under its exotic steeple and fortified towers, the town seemed marinated in history. We sped to a Danube village in time to see the entire population - kids in lederhosen, sturdy moms and dads, respected grandparents - tumbling out of the onion-domed church, across the square, and into the wine garden. Radler - piled us into his Mercedes for a Sunday morning spin. It happened to me when I was a teenager in Vienna, accompanying my parents on a business trip. World War One broke out shortly after her death.Sometimes history punches you right in the face, and there's no time to duck. She was a radical pacifist and leading figure in the peace movement. She was the first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her novel "Lay Down Your Arms". Here is a brief story of 1914: Bertha von Suttner died in Vienna on 21 June 1914. What remained were white crosses on soldiers’ graves that provided an answer to the question "Where have all the soldiers gone?" But they fought at all costs because the lives of people did not count. The military was overwhelmed by such a huge number of soldiers at war and such powerful new technologies. However, the military leaders were not able to react adequately to these innovations, which resulted in senseless and heavy losses. Bombers and pursuit planes, submarines and tanks, machine guns and the use of poison gas were major military innovations in World War One. New technologies were developed and improved. Millions of people died in this war that was different from all the wars that had been fought before. The battles of Verdun, Ypres and of the Isonzo will always be remembered. The second verse of the Austro-Hungarian hymn went something like "possessions and blood for our emperor", and a lot of possessions and blood were indeed lost in this war that raged for four years. In 1918 there were no more clean tables and no more houses either … 1914 until 1918: What was this war like? One of his statements was that a clean table is the best piece of furniture in the house. In his masterpiece Kraus chronicles the development of the war. "The Last Days of Mankind", a massive satiric play about World War One by Karl Kraus was published in 1922. They wanted to go to war and eventually eradicate nationalist tendencies on the Balkans. They did not think of defeat and human tragedies. People in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and in the German Empire were ecstatic about the war. Going to war - with God, for emperor and fatherland On 28 July 1914 Austria-Hungary issued a declaration of war against Serbia. The Austro-Hungarian ambassador and his staff left Serbia immediately and diplomatic relations were suspended. However, the response was considered inadequate by Austria-Hungary. The Serbian government sent its reply just before the deadline expired on 25 July 1914. The Austro-Hungarian ambassador to Serbia delivered the message that Austria-Hungary expected a satisfactory reply within 48 hours, this means by 25 July 1914 at 6 pm. On 23 July 1914, almost exactly one month after the assassination, Austria-Hungary issued a demarche against Serbia that contained a list of demands such as dissolving the "Black Hand" and similar secret societies, removing from the military service, the administration, the public instruction and the press all people guilty of propaganda against Austria-Hungary, and beginning a judicial inquiry into the assassination including organs delegated by the Austro-Hungarian government. The assassination was the immediate cause of World War One, which lasted from 1914 until 1918.

They were shot to death by Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian student and member of the Serbian secret society "Black Hand". 28 June 1914: Fateful day for generationsĪrchduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg were assassinated in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914.