Masons And The Sarajevo Assassination

A completely forgotten person, Damjan Brankovic (1866-1954), a businessman, representative of the German concern Krupa for Serbia and representative of Luger and Mauser, secret advisor of the Prime Minister, informed the President of the Serbian Government at the time, Nikola Pasic, in spring 1914, that the decision regarding Austrian attack on Serbia had already been made in Vienna and Berlin, that the ultimatum had already been prepared and that they were merely waiting for the time and occasion.

Pasic took that warning seriously, but could do nothing, because the parties were preparing for the upcoming elections. Five days before the assassination, the Assembly was dissolved and elections were called for August 1, 1914.
In the trial for the murder of Franz Ferdinand, held in Sarajevo from October 12 until October 28, 1914, one of the topics was the connection of the direct assassins: Gavrilo Princip, Nedeljko Cabrinovic and Trifko Grabez with the freemasons from Serbia. The literature was mostly silent on that fact. The Serbian masons were also accused of the assassination by Adolf Hitler.

The show "Masons and the Sarajevo Assassination" reflects on the events from the 19th and 20th centuries which influenced the awareness of the people and resistance to Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1878-1908) and annexation in 1908. For a long time, that crisis had threatened to turn into war.

Genre: History, Politics

Country of production: Serbia

Year of production: 2014

Broadcast channel: RTS

Duration: 60'