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This update is dedicated to the unsung hero of the Serbian Holocaust--Diana Budisavljevic. She is an individual responsible for the single largest humanitarian action of WWII. She rescued more people than Oskar Schindler and Irena Sendler combined and yet few people know of her or and her incredible legacy.
Diana Budisavljevic was an Austrian woman who was married to a Serbian surgeon Dr. Julije Budisavljevic. There is some confusion as to how many children Diana saved. Diana's own records provide information for 12 000 children. According to Dr. Greif (p.326) in "Jasenovac: Aushwitz of the Balkans," Diana with the help of German representatives in Zagreb, were able to rescue 10 546 young children from the Stara Gradiska, Jablanac and Mlaka death camps. Unfortunately, it was too late for 3200 of them as a result of being held in Croatian Ustasha death camps. Some of the children rescued by Diana are still alive today. Diana passed away in 1978.
Diana deserves awards, plaques and movies dedicated to her humanitarian mission. Most of all though, she deserves to be celebrated and discussed in History classes in schools and universities around the world for her unparalleled humanitarian response and bravery in a time of abject evil.
Our work is far from over. We are continually fighting for the victims, survivors and families of the Serbian Holocaust. Too many organizations, like the European Union, particularly their Human Rights Department, have failed in overseeing Croatia's colossal human rights failures including the use of revisionist information, Ustasha insignia and slogan on Holocaust plaques. As well as the Croatian government awarding Ustasha members pensions until at least 2015. Any organization that acts with apathy towards injustice is an accomplice.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke