Photograph of the arrest of Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on June 28th 1914, at 11 a.m.


Sarajevo taken by amateur photographer Milos Oberajger June 28th 1914 Black and white photograph 7.6 x 12.2 cm The photograph was taken from the crowd greeting Archduke Francis Ferdinand in Sarajevo. The amateur photographer Milos Oberajger had found himself in the crowd, capturing the moment of panic and the frantic struggle between the policemen and the assassin. A written explanation in Hungarian is on the back of the photograph. The photograph was pasted onto another group photo from a later time, showing a gathering or an outing, with townspeople, soldiers and children. It is assumed that the photo was plucked out of an album. The photograph was donated in 1988 by the wife of the photographer, Rozika Oberajger. According to M. Oberajger's wife, her husband liked taking photographs, and had worked in Sarajevo in 1914 as a forestry engineer.




HPM/MRNH-011141