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The prominent press photograph under examination is officially titled 'Arrest of a Suspect in Sarajevo'.
Answer: True
Explanation: The source material explicitly states that the widely circulated press photograph discussed in the article bears the title 'Arrest of a Suspect in Sarajevo'.
The photograph depicts a young man being led away by police, observed by bystanders.
Answer: True
Explanation: The photograph portrays a young man, attired in a dark suit and appearing somewhat disheveled, being escorted forcefully towards a building by Austro-Hungarian gendarmes, with observers present on the opposite side of the street.
The 'Arrest of a Suspect in Sarajevo' photograph first appeared in the German magazine *Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung*.
Answer: False
Explanation: The photograph first appeared on the front page of the Viennese magazine *Wiener Bilder* on July 5, 1914, not in the German magazine *Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung*.
The photograph became iconic primarily due to its initial publication in a small local Sarajevo newspaper.
Answer: False
Explanation: The photograph achieved widespread recognition and iconic status through its publication in periodicals such as *Wiener Bilder*, its subsequent reproduction in newspapers, educational materials, museum exhibits, and historical literature, frequently accompanied by the erroneous caption identifying the subject as Gavrilo Princip.
When first published, *Wiener Bilder* captioned the photograph as 'The arrest of the assassin Princip.'
Answer: False
Explanation: *Wiener Bilder* captioned the photograph with the text: "The assassination of the heir to the throne and his wife in Sarajevo. The arrest of the murderer Princip."
The photograph shows Bosnian Muslims wearing traditional fezzes and Turkish trousers.
Answer: True
Explanation: The Bosnian Muslims depicted in the photograph are observed wearing fezzes, short waistcoats, and Turkish trousers.
What is the official title of the widely circulated press photograph under discussion?
Answer: Arrest of a Suspect in Sarajevo
Explanation: The article explicitly identifies the widely circulated press photograph as 'Arrest of a Suspect in Sarajevo'.
On what date was the 'Arrest of a Suspect in Sarajevo' photograph first published?
Answer: July 5, 1914
Explanation: The photograph was first published on July 5, 1914.
Which Viennese magazine first published the 'Arrest of a Suspect in Sarajevo' photograph?
Answer: Wiener Bilder
Explanation: The Viennese magazine *Wiener Bilder* published the photograph on its front page.
What caption did *Wiener Bilder* use when publishing the photograph on July 5, 1914?
Answer: The assassination of the heir to the throne and his wife in Sarajevo. The arrest of the murderer Princip.
Explanation: *Wiener Bilder* captioned the photograph with the text: "The assassination of the heir to the throne and his wife in Sarajevo. The arrest of the murderer Princip."
The photograph, titled 'Arrest of a Suspect in Sarajevo,' was first published on July 5, 1914, and is documented as capturing the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Answer: False
Explanation: While the photograph was indeed published on July 5, 1914, its documentation pertains to the immediate aftermath and arrest following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, rather than the assassination event itself.
Gavrilo Princip's actions directly led to the outbreak of the Second World War.
Answer: False
Explanation: Gavrilo Princip's actions, specifically the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, served as a catalyst for the outbreak of the First World War, not the Second World War.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand resulted in widespread anti-Serb riots in Sarajevo.
Answer: True
Explanation: The assassination precipitated pogrom-like anti-Serb riots, reportedly encouraged by Austro-Hungarian authorities, leading to violence against Serbs and the destruction of property, including schools, residences, and commercial establishments.
Oskar Potiorek was the Governor of Bosnia and ordered the arrest of suspected individuals following the assassination.
Answer: True
Explanation: Oskar Potiorek served as the Governor of Bosnia and was responsible for the Archduke's security. His immediate response to the assassination was to order the apprehension of all individuals implicated in the plot.
Gavrilo Princip received a life sentence for his role in the assassination due to his age.
Answer: False
Explanation: Princip, alongside Čabrinović and Grabez, received a twenty-year prison sentence due to their age at the time of the offense. Five other conspirators faced execution by hanging, while three received custodial sentences.
The organization Mlada Bosna aimed to maintain Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia.
Answer: False
Explanation: Mlada Bosna was an organization committed to the liberation of Bosnia from Austro-Hungarian dominion and the unification of all Southern Slavs, not to maintaining Austro-Hungarian rule.
In 1914, Bosnia-Herzegovina was an independent nation.
Answer: False
Explanation: In 1914, Bosnia-Herzegovina was under Austro-Hungarian occupation, a status maintained since 1878, and had been formally annexed in 1908.
Muhamed Mehmedbašić was not pursued by Austro-Hungarian police for political reasons to emphasize the plot's Serbian nature.
Answer: False
Explanation: The Austro-Hungarian police refrained from pursuing Muhamed Mehmedbašić for political considerations, aiming to underscore the plot's exclusively Serbian character.
Illustrations depicting the assassination event itself are noted for their high accuracy.
Answer: False
Explanation: The article observes that while numerous press illustrations exist concerning the assassination, they are characterized by "little reliability but great imagination."
What event did the 'Arrest of a Suspect in Sarajevo' photograph document?
Answer: The immediate aftermath of the assassination
Explanation: The photograph captures the apprehension of a suspect during the immediate aftermath of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his consort.
What historical event did Gavrilo Princip's actions help trigger?
Answer: The First World War
Explanation: The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip served as a catalyst for the outbreak of the First World War.
What was the stated goal of the organization Mlada Bosna?
Answer: To liberate Bosnia from Austro-Hungarian rule and unify Southern Slavs.
Explanation: Mlada Bosna was an organization committed to the liberation of Bosnia from Austro-Hungarian dominion and the unification of all Southern Slavs.
What was the political status of Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1914?
Answer: Under Austro-Hungarian occupation and annexation
Explanation: In 1914, Bosnia-Herzegovina was under Austro-Hungarian occupation, a status maintained since 1878, and had been formally annexed in 1908.
Why did the Austro-Hungarian police not pursue Muhamed Mehmedbašić after his escape?
Answer: For political reasons, to emphasize the plot's exclusively Serbian nature.
Explanation: The Austro-Hungarian police refrained from pursuing Muhamed Mehmedbašić for political considerations, aiming to underscore the plot's exclusively Serbian character.
What was the broader impact of the assassination on inter-ethnic relations mentioned in the source?
Answer: It caused pogrom-like anti-Serb riots and violence.
Explanation: The assassination precipitated pogrom-like anti-Serb riots, reportedly encouraged by Austro-Hungarian authorities, leading to violence against Serbs and the destruction of property, including schools, residences, and commercial establishments.
Which group aimed for the unification of all Southern Slavs, including Serbs, Croats, and Muslims?
Answer: Mlada Bosna (Young Bosnia)
Explanation: Mlada Bosna was an organization committed to the liberation of Bosnia from Austro-Hungarian dominion and the unification of all Southern Slavs, encompassing Serbs, Croats, and Muslims.
What did the article suggest about the reliability of press illustrations depicting the assassination event itself?
Answer: They had 'little reliability but great imagination.'
Explanation: The article observes that while numerous press illustrations exist concerning the assassination, they are characterized by "little reliability but great imagination."
For a significant portion of the 20th century, the photograph was commonly identified as depicting Nedeljko Čabrinović.
Answer: False
Explanation: For much of the 20th century, the photograph was commonly published and captioned as depicting Gavrilo Princip, the Bosnian Serb nationalist responsible for the assassination. An alternative misidentification as Nedeljko Čabrinović is also mentioned, likely originating from specific publications.
The prevailing scholarly consensus posits that the photograph accurately depicts Gavrilo Princip.
Answer: False
Explanation: Contrary to this assertion, the current scholarly consensus indicates that the photograph actually depicts Ferdinand Behr, a bystander mistakenly arrested, rather than Gavrilo Princip. The photograph's persistent misidentification is attributed to its strong narrative congruence with the archetype of a desperate assassin.
In 1930, Ferdinand Behr confirmed the photograph depicted Gavrilo Princip's arrest.
Answer: False
Explanation: In 1930, Ferdinand Behr expressed surprise upon recognizing himself in the photograph, asserting that it depicted his own arrest and highlighting the physical distinctions between himself and Princip, whom he characterized as considerably slighter and shorter.
The photograph has never been misidentified as depicting anyone other than Gavrilo Princip.
Answer: False
Explanation: While commonly misidentified as Gavrilo Princip, an alternative misidentification as Nedeljko Čabrinović is also mentioned in the source material.
The primary reason for the photograph's persistent misidentification is its lack of narrative connection to the event.
Answer: False
Explanation: The photograph's persistent misidentification is attributed to its compelling narrative congruence with the archetype of a desperate assassin, prompting numerous historians, journalists, and filmmakers to continue employing it with the erroneous caption.
The inclusion of the photograph in 'Photos that Changed the World' helped correct the misidentification of the subject.
Answer: False
Explanation: Its inclusion in such compilations, frequently accompanied by the caption 'Arrest of Archduke Ferdinand's assassin,' further solidified its status as a historically significant image, notwithstanding the persistent misidentification of its subject.
Who was the photograph commonly misidentified as depicting for much of the 20th century?
Answer: Gavrilo Princip
Explanation: Throughout much of the 20th century, the photograph was frequently published and captioned as depicting Gavrilo Princip, the Bosnian Serb nationalist responsible for the assassination.
According to current scholarly consensus, who is the person depicted in the photograph?
Answer: Ferdinand Behr
Explanation: The current scholarly consensus posits that the photograph does not depict Gavrilo Princip, but rather Ferdinand Behr, an associate and friend of Princip who was erroneously apprehended amidst the confusion subsequent to the attack.
What was the primary reason cited for the photograph's persistent misidentification as Gavrilo Princip's arrest?
Answer: Its strong narrative fit with the image of a desperate assassin.
Explanation: The photograph's persistent misidentification is attributed to its compelling narrative congruence with the archetype of a desperate assassin, prompting numerous historians, journalists, and filmmakers to continue employing it with the erroneous caption.
Prominent historians, including Vladimir Dedijer and Christopher Clark, commenced their critical examination of the photograph's subject identity in the early 21st century.
Answer: False
Explanation: The source indicates that historians such as Vladimir Dedijer began questioning the photograph's subject identity from the mid-20th century onwards, predating the early 21st century. Christopher Clark is also mentioned in this context.
Vladimir Dedijer's research concluded that the individual arrested in the photograph was Gavrilo Princip.
Answer: False
Explanation: Vladimir Dedijer's research, as detailed in *The Road to Sarajevo*, concluded that the individual depicted in the photograph was Ferdinand Behr, who had attempted to assist Princip and was subsequently apprehended.
Tim Butcher confirmed in his research that the person apprehended in the image was Ferdinand Behr.
Answer: True
Explanation: Subsequent to his research between 2011 and 2014, Tim Butcher confirmed that the individual apprehended in the image was Ferdinand Behr, characterizing the photograph as one that had been widely, yet erroneously, believed to depict the assassin being led away.
Christopher Clark suggested that capturing Princip's arrest in 1914 would have been technologically impossible.
Answer: False
Explanation: Christopher Clark posited that, considering the photographic technology available in 1914, capturing a snapshot of Princip's actual arrest, as depicted, would have been "nothing short of a miracle."
Christoph Hamann believed the photograph primarily served to obscure Serbia's role in the assassination.
Answer: False
Explanation: Christoph Hamann considered the image a visual symbol that facilitated the enduring preservation of the assassination and the narrative concerning Serbia's political culpability in collective memory, rather than obscuring it.
Christopher Clark described the misidentification of the arrest photo as an 'egregious mistake' because a photo of the actual attack existed.
Answer: False
Explanation: Christopher Clark characterized the misidentification as an "egregious mistake," observing that in the absence of photographic documentation of the actual attack, the arrest photograph functioned as a media substitute.
Which historian is mentioned as having questioned the photograph's subject identity starting in the mid-20th century?
Answer: Vladimir Dedijer
Explanation: Historians including Vladimir Dedijer, Tim Butcher, and Christopher Clark are cited for their critical examination of the photograph's subject identity, commencing in the mid-20th century.
What did Christopher Clark suggest about the technological feasibility of capturing Princip's arrest in 1914?
Answer: It would have been 'nothing short of a miracle'.
Explanation: Christopher Clark posited that, considering the photographic technology available in 1914, capturing a snapshot of Princip's actual arrest, as depicted, would have been "nothing short of a miracle."
What did Professor Rebecca Houze observe about the diversity of dress in the photograph?
Answer: It contributed to a sense of chaos and agitation, reflecting ethnic tension.
Explanation: Professor Rebecca Houze observed that the varied attire evident in the photograph contributes to an atmosphere of chaos and agitation, underscoring the assassination's roots in ethnic tensions and nationalistic conflict.
The Photoinstitut Bonartes identified the Austrian photographer Walter Tausch as the author of the photograph.
Answer: True
Explanation: Photoinstitut Bonartes has identified Walter Tausch, an Austrian photographer, as the author of the photograph in question.
Walter Tausch was an accredited photographer for the Archduke's visit and captured various events related to it.
Answer: True
Explanation: Walter Tausch operated a studio and held accreditation as an official photographer for the Archduke's visit, documenting events including the Archduke's arrival, official greetings, departure from the city hall, the initial bomb attack, and the escort of Princip and his associates to prison.
Philipp Rubel won his legal case against the printer for unauthorized postcard printing of the photograph.
Answer: False
Explanation: Philipp Rubel commenced legal proceedings against *Österreichische Zeitungsdruckerei-AG* concerning unauthorized postcard reproduction. The printer was acquitted on the grounds that the image was classified as a "situational picture" rather than a portrait subject to specific reservations.
The Croatian History Museum credits Walter Tausch as the photographer of the 'Arrest of a Suspect in Sarajevo' photograph.
Answer: False
Explanation: The Croatian History Museum credits Milos Oberajger, an amateur photographer, as the photographer of the 'Arrest of a Suspect in Sarajevo' photograph, whereas Photoinstitut Bonartes identified Walter Tausch.
The photographer's main motivation for captioning the image as 'The arrest of Gavrilo Princip' was historical accuracy.
Answer: False
Explanation: The photographer's primary motivation for selling the image with the caption 'The arrest of Gavrilo Princip' was to achieve substantial profit through its syndication.
Who is identified by Photoinstitut Bonartes as the author of the photograph?
Answer: Walter Tausch
Explanation: Photoinstitut Bonartes has identified Walter Tausch, an Austrian photographer, as the author of the photograph in question.
What was Walter Tausch's professional role during the Archduke's visit to Sarajevo?
Answer: An official photographer accredited for the visit
Explanation: Walter Tausch operated a studio and held accreditation as an official photographer for the Archduke's visit, documenting events including the Archduke's arrival, official greetings, departure from the city hall, the initial bomb attack, and the escort of Princip and his associates to prison.
According to the Croatian History Museum, who is credited as the photographer of the 'Arrest of a Suspect in Sarajevo' photograph?
Answer: Milos Oberajger
Explanation: The Croatian History Museum credits Milos Oberajger, an amateur photographer, as the photographer of the 'Arrest of a Suspect in Sarajevo' photograph.
What was the primary motivation for the photographer to sell the image captioned as 'The arrest of Gavrilo Princip'?
Answer: To make a large profit from syndication
Explanation: The photographer's primary motivation for selling the image with the caption 'The arrest of Gavrilo Princip' was to achieve substantial profit through its syndication.