On this day Diana Budisavljević passed away, heroine who saved 12,000 Serbian children.
Diana Budisavljević (15 January 1891 - 20 August 1978) was a humanitarian of Austrian descent who led a major relief effort in Yugoslavia during World War II that rescued over twelve thousand mostly ethnic Serbian children from the Jasenovac concentration camps operated by the Independent State of Croatia.
Diana Budisavljević (15 January 1891 - 20 August 1978) was a humanitarian of Austrian descent who led a major relief effort in Yugoslavia during World War II that rescued over twelve thousand mostly ethnic Serbian children from the Jasenovac concentration camps operated by the Independent State of Croatia.