news sport j2 money culture scene video subscription THE SUFFERINGS OF THE YOUNGEST Book 'Diana Budisavljević - Silenced Heroine of the Second World War' presented The author Nataša Mataušić wrote in the introduction that she dedicated the book to all women and mothers of the world, especially Diana Budisavljević Writes: HinaPosted: October 2, 2020 10:22 pm Natasa Matausic Natasa Matausic Goran Mehkek / CROPIX Facebook Twitter Messenger E-mail On the occasion of the Day of Remembrance, which marks the suffering of children in the Sisak Children's Camp in the second half of 1942, a book by Nataša Mataušić , "Diana Budisavljević - the silent heroine of the Second World War" , was presented in Sisak . This is the long-term research work of historian Mataušić on the humanitarian Diana Budisavljević and events that have been kept silent or very little known so far. The author Nataša Mataušić wrote in the introduction that she dedicated the book to all women and mothers of the world, especially Diana Budisavljević, who saved about 7,700 children from Ustasha camps, shelters and homes. "The most painful experience in my work were numerous photos of helpless children. Today, these adults are again victims of those who deny their suffering. With this book, I tried to remove the injustice done to them and Diana Budisavljevic," said Matausic. As the promoter Milan Radanović from the Archives of Serbs in Croatia said at the promotion in the City Gallery Striegl , this topic gradually entered Croatian historiography only after 2000. In processing the action Budisavljević, as he said, the author had many difficulties, primarily because it is about the suffering of the youngest, which is painful, difficult and creepy content, then, because there were no more live actors of the event with whom she could talk, and many documents from that period have disappeared or it is not known where they are. In addition, the extensive material of existing historical sources, Radanović added, is dispersed over a wide area, so most of the actors in the event are unknown or forgotten. RELATED NEWS Diana Budisavljević after the war GLOBE The heroine that Tito condemned to oblivion: What does the book that Croatia has been waiting for 75 years reveal about her? A STORY FOR A NEW FILM The life of Diana Budisavljević's helper is unknown: Both were horrified by the crimes of the Ustashas against the Serbs "Only with the appearance of this scientific monograph, many hitherto unknown facts, which were previously mystified or politicized, came to light. Croatian historiography has the honor and pleasure that these ungrateful topics have been accepted by Croatian scientists," said Milan Radanovic. A special chapter in the book is occupied by the Children's Camp in Sisak, the only one of its kind in the area of ​​enslaved Europe. At several camp sites, 1,152 children died and the mortality rate was 24 percent. The book has eight chapters and was published by Profil. The editor of the book "Diana Budisavljević - the Silenced Heroine of the Second World War" is the respected journalist and publicist Maroje Mihovilović . After the presentation of the book, the documentary film "Bequest", by Ivan Jović , was shown , in which former children, war victims testify about war events. The Days of Remembrance, co-organized for the first time by the Serbian National Council and the Striegl City Gallery, will continue with a Sunday commemoration at the Children's Cemetery in Sisak