Diana Budisavljevic

The Serbian Museum of Genocide Victims said on Friday that it has obtained a list with the names and details of 5,800 Serbian children rescued from Ustasa death camps in the Nazi-allied Independent State of Croatia, which was thought to have been lost or destroyed.

The 'Facing the Past' programme at the Sarajevo Film Festival, which opens on Friday evening and is being held online this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, is intended to honestly examine the legacy of past conflicts in the Balkans.

This year, the strand showcases a true story about people trying to do the right thing in the worst of times.

The 'Faces of Resistance' exhibition, which pays tribute to people who took a stand against violence during turbulent periods of Croatia's history, opened on Wednesday in Vukovar.

"So, we live in times when we don't have such a hero, that's why we need a movie about Diana Budisavljevic", Festival Director Rajko Petrovic told Tanjug, just before the opening ceremony in Kombank Arena.

The book "Diana's List", a biographical novel of Diana Budisavljevic is one of the most significant books published by Samizdat B92.

Wilhelm Kuehs' book "Diana's List" - published in Serbian by Samizdat B92 - tells the true story of an exceptional woman - Diana Budisavljevic.

During the Second World War, she conducted one of the largest humanitarian actions not only in the divided and occupied Yugoslavia, but also in Europe, occupied or dominated at the time by Nazi Germany.