Re: [Cz-L]The Czernowitzer Philipp Rubel at the Outbreak of WW I

I knew that the Ehpes group was somehow connected with the outbreak of WW1 .
  How could it be otherwise ?
    This formidable ,irreplaceable , colorful group of ours !
     Citizens of the previous century !
Hardy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Edgar Hauster" <bconcept_at_hotmail.com>
To: "Czernowitz Discussion Group" <czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu>
Cc: "Ken Cutler" <kcutler_at_goldmandaszkal.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 8:15 AM
Subject: [Cz-L]The Czernowitzer Philipp Rubel at the Outbreak of WW I

Czernowitzers...

Exactly 100 years ago today, on July 5, 1914 the Austrian magazine "Wiener
Blätter" leaded on the front page with a photograph, which became an icon of
photography for the coming decades. It shows allegedly the capture of
Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of
Austria and his wife and provided the pretext for Austria-Hungary's invasion
of Serbia, which then led to World War I:

http://ehpes.com/blog1/2014/07/05/a-czernowitzer-and-the-outbreak-of-ww-i/

But was the detained person really Gavrilo Princip? Who was the
photographer? How did it come into the media? Questions upon questions! At
our post our (German) readers will get the right answers by the Austrian
editor and photo historian Anton Holzer, who published his research under
the headline "The Murderer, Who Wasn't":

http://diepresse.com/home/spectrum/zeichenderzeit/766288/Der-Morder-der-keiner-war

To make a long story short: It wasn't Gavrilo Princip on the photo, but his
schoolmate Ferdo Behr, mistaken for the assassin. The photographer remains
anonymus, but the CZERNOWITZER, who brought this photo into orbit was
PHILIPP RUBEL, who ran a small postcard publishing company in Vienna,
Porzellangasse 60. Above all, Philipp Rubel is related to our fellow member
Ken Cutler, who wrote to me in 2012:

"A complete bio of Philipp Rubel, from my standpoint is as yet not possible.
What I do know is that he was one of 12 sibs from Cz. He moved to Vienna,
married twice and his daughter, Erika, came to the US in 1939 and stayed
with my cousin Stanley for about 1 year. Stan lost track of her and I
tracked her down and found her son and his children, she passed by the time
I found her. Philipp and his wife Sabine were killed or died in the Shoah
and Erika made an application for reparations in Austria. I have the address
where Philipp and I believe other family members lived from researches and
it's the address indicated at his death. That address matches the letterhead
on his letters to Stan's mother, Helen. He was born 12 Dec 1871 and died 26
Oct 1938. That address was 1090 Porzellangasse 60, Wien, Austria. You have
me hooked now, what is the mystery??"

What a thrilling story, but unfortunately, dear Ken, although I tried hard,
I didn't succeed to discover more on Philipp Rubel. On the other hand I'm
positive, that you - and others - will enjoy Philipp's contribution to WW I.

Edgar Hauster
Lent - The Netherlands
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