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Institution

Black Hand

A grand, dimly lit interior features a large black hand sculpture above a double door, with ornate architectural details and a skylight illuminating the space.

Formally Ujedinjenje ili Smrt — Unification or Death — a secret society founded in 1911 by officers of the Serbian army, dedicated to uniting the South Slavs by violent means. Led by intelligence chief Dragutin Dimitrijević, known as Apis, it supplied pistols, training, and border-crossing logistics to the Sarajevo conspirators. The Serbian government's degree of complicity remains contested. Apis was executed by Belgrade in 1917 on partly unrelated charges.

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