Anti-Serb riots in Sarajevo
The anti-Serb riots in Sarajevo consisted of large-scale anti-Serb violence in Sarajevo on 28 and 29 June 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Encouraged by the Austro-Hungarian government, the violent demonstrations assumed the characteristics of a pogrom, which led to ethnic divisions that were unprecedented in the city's history. Two Serbs were killed on the first day of the demonstrations, and many others were attacked. Numerous houses, shops and institutions owned by Serbs were razed or pillaged.
Oskar Potiorek, the Austro-Hungarian governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina, incited anti-Serb riots.
Josip Štadler agreed to eradicate "subversive elements of this land".
Main street of Sarajevo (today's Marshal Tito street)
Baščaršija, near the Bezistan
Anti-Serb sentiment or Serbophobia is a generally negative view of Serbs as an ethnic group. Historically it has been a basis for the persecution of ethnic Serbs.
Serbien muss sterbien! ("Serbia must die!"), an Austrian caricature, drawn after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1914, depicting Serbia as an ape-like terrorist.
Serbiens ende ("Serbia's end"), propaganda postcard commemorating the victory of the Central Powers over Serbia in 1915.
The Skull Tower in Niš. Following the Battle of Čegar (1809), it was built from the heads of slain Serbs by the order of the Ottoman general Hurshid Pasha.
Dame Gruev said that "Serbs will be evicted from Macedonia by fire and sword"
