Belgrade, Serbia

The place where the World War I started?

Published: September 19, 2008

The story goes like this: unsatisfied with the fact that Bosnia had
been annexed to Austrian-Hungarian empire, this group of mostly bosnian
serb nationalists under the name of “Young Bosnia”, backed-up by
Serbian secret society “Black Hand”, decided to assasin the Austrian
heir to the throne, Franz Ferdinand during his Sarajevo visit. On June
28, after a set of strange and misfortunate coincidences, they succeded
in doing so, and unwillingly triggered the chain of events that will
lead to one of the biggest armed clashes in history, known as the World
War One.

Prior to that, the group of revolutionaries held
secret meetings, made plans and preparations for the assasination in
this place, “Zlatna moruna” cafe, address Narodnog Fronta 2.
Not a lot of people know about this, even in Belgrade.
Only a small plaque tells what has been in this place before it has
been turned into a betting and gambling club. Maybe this says something
about the way authorities in Serbia take care of the important
historical places. Then again, maybe The First World War isn’t so
significant event after all? You can bet on it.

The corner of Narodnog fronta and Kamenicke street.

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