A presentation of a book 'Prestolonaslednikova smrt', in translation Franz Ferdinand's death, written by an associate professor Dr Andrej Rahten, a member of the Executive board of the CEP was held at Jable castle. The book talks about assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, which led to the start of the First World War. The event, which is in many respects investigated, is at the same time still hidden by the veil of ambiguities and doubts about whether all happened in the way as it looks today, or has had a deeper and wider conspiracy roots. As pointed out in the presentation by the author, the book provides an overview of Slovenian writing about the assassination, and adds a new look on Franz Ferdinand, which in his opinion had some affection towards the Slovenians and the Slovenian identity, although it was shown contrary throughout the history. This perception derives from numerous sources and historical literature which author explored in Slovene and Austrian (mainly Vienna's) archives.

Book editor Mr Tine Logar summed up that presented novelty is a science book that reads like a thriller and represents a fatal moments for Slovenia as well as for the whole world. In addition to the extraordinary historical textual review, the book also brings some of the pictures that will be published for the first time since they were mostly stored in personal archives.

Head of the Historical Institute Milko Kos at Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts Dr Petra Svoljšak and Valentin Pečenko, director who is preparing a series of documentary films on Slovenes and the First World War at the Slovene National Television, contributed to the presentation with their expertise and opinion about the book.

Predstavitev knjige Prestolonaslednikova smrt

Danes je na Gradu Jable potekala predstavitev knjige Prestolonaslednikova smrt, katere avtor je izredni profesor dr Andrej Rahten, član izvršnega odbora CEP. Knjiga govori o sarajevskem atentatu 28. junija 1914 na nadvojvodo Franca Ferdinanda v Sarajevu, ki je bil povod za začetek prve svetovne vojne. Dogodek, ki je v mnogih pogledih raziskan, še vedno zakrivajo tančice nejasnosti in dvomi o tem, ali je vse res potekalo tako, kot je videti danes, ali je imela zarota globlje in širše razpredene korenine. Kot je na predstavitvi poudaril avtor, nudi knjiga pregled dosedanjega slovenskega pisanja o atentatu ter dodaja nov pogled na Franca Ferdinanda, ki je po njegovem mnenju bil naklonjen Slovencem in slovenstvu, čeprav se ga je skozi zgodovino drugače prikazovalo. V to so ga prepričali številni viri in zgodovinska literatura do katere je bil dostop tako v slovenskih, kot tudi avstrijskih (predvsem dunajskih) arhivih.

Urednik Tine Logar je strnil, da gre za znanstveno knjigo, ki se bere kot kriminalka in predstavlja usodne trenutke za Slovenijo kot tudi za celoten svet. Poleg izrednega zgodovinskega tekstualnega pregleda, knjiga prinaša tudi nekaj slikovnega gradiva, ki bo prvič javno objavljeno, saj slike večinoma prihajajo iz osebnih arhivov.

Pri predstavitvi je sodelovala tudi predstojnica Zgodovinskega inštituta Milka Kosa pri ZRC SAZU dr Petra Svoljšak ter Valentin Pečenko, režiser, ki na temo Slovencev in prve svetovne vojne na RTV Slovenija pripravlja niz dokumentarnih filmov.