Rade Malobabić

Rade Malobabić (* 1884 in Sisak-Moslavina County ; † June 26, 1917 in Thessaloniki ) was a Serbian secret agent who was instrumental in the planning and logistical implementation of the assassination attempt in Sarajevo , which triggered World War I.

Military career

Born in Austria-Hungary and stationed in the local military, Malobabić began to work for the Serbian underground organizations Narodna Odbrana and Schwarze Hand . The latter was behind the planning and execution of the assassination attempt on the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo.

Assassination attempt in Sarajevo

Malobabić was a military comrade of the leader of the Black Hand Dragutin Dimitrijević (also called 'Apis'). His job within the Black Hand was the logistical preparation of the attack, such as smuggling arms across the Serbian-Austrian border and collecting information for the other parties involved. The idea for the attack probably came from Malobabić himself. He himself was involved in the first unsuccessful attack on June 28, 1914; in the successful second attempt (by Gavrilo Princip ) he was not involved, but was implicated and arrested. A year later, under torture, Malobabić attributed the attack plan to Apis .

death

After Malobabić's release from prison, Apis took care of him. Both, along with other members of the Black Hand, were indicted by a Serbian military tribunal during the war, not because of the assassination attempt on the Archduke, but because of the planned assassination of the Prince Regent Alexander Karadjordjević . On June 26, 1917, Malobabić and Apis were executed by shooting.

proof

^ ^A ^b ^c John Craig: Peculiar Liaisons in War, Espionage, and Terrorism in the Twentieth Century . Algora Pub, New York 2005.
↑ ^a ^b Christopher M. Clark: The sleepwalkers: how Europe moved into the First World War / Christopher Clark. From the English by Norbert Juraschitz . 1st edition Ger. Verl.-Anst., Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-421-04359-7 ( dnb.de [accessed December 7, 2018]).
^ Jan Beaver: Collision Course: Franz Conrad Von Hötzendorf, Serbia and the Politics of Preventive War 2009.
^ Samuel R. Williamson, Jr .: The outbreak of the First World War: structure, politics, and decision-making . Ed .: Jack S. Levy, John A. Vasquez. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 2014, ISBN 978-1-107-04245-2 , chap. 2 ( worldcat.org [accessed December 7, 2018]).

personal data
SURNAME	Malobabić, Rade
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Serbian secret agent
DATE OF BIRTH	1884
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sisak-Moslavina County
DATE OF DEATH	June 26, 1917
Place of death	Thessaloniki

[auto-1] A ^b ^c John Craig: Peculiar Liaisons in War, Espionage, and Terrorism in the Twentieth Century . Algora Pub, New York 2005.

[:0-2] Christopher M. Clark: The sleepwalkers: how Europe moved into the First World War / Christopher Clark. From the English by Norbert Juraschitz . 1st edition Ger. Verl.-Anst., Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-421-04359-7 ( dnb.de [accessed December 7, 2018]).

[3] Jan Beaver: Collision Course: Franz Conrad Von Hötzendorf, Serbia and the Politics of Preventive War 2009.

[4] Samuel R. Williamson, Jr .: The outbreak of the First World War: structure, politics, and decision-making . Ed .: Jack S. Levy, John A. Vasquez. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 2014, ISBN 978-1-107-04245-2 , chap. 2 ( worldcat.org [accessed December 7, 2018]).