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Diana Budisavljević

1891 - 1978

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Diana Budisavljević (née Obexer; 15 January 1891 – 20 August 1978) was an Austrian humanitarian who led a major relief effort in Yugoslavia during World War II. From October 1941, on her initiative and involving many co-workers, she organized and provided assistance to women and children who were mostly Serbian Orthodox detained in the Ustaše camps in the Independent State of Croatia, a Nazi puppet state established in occupied Yugoslavia. The operation, known as "Action Diana Budisavljević", succeeded in saving around 10,000 children. After her story was better publicized in the 2000s and 2010s, she received substantial posthumous recognition. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Diana Budisavljević is the 273rd most popular social activist (down from 246th in 2019), the 510th most popular biography from Austria (down from 466th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Diana Budisavljević ranks 273 out of 840. Before her are Sophie Adlersparre, Camilo Torres Restrepo, Christa Schroeder, Ignacy Hryniewiecki, Guillaume Cale, and Unity Mitford. After her are Carlo Cafiero, Udham Singh, David Frankfurter, Eglantyne Jebb, Wat Tyler, and Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Diana Budisavljević ranks 95. Before her are Walter Eucken, Damaskinos of Athens, Antoine Pinay, Scott Bradley, Charles Munch, and Julius Raab. After her are Shizo Kanakuri, Danilo Ilić, Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch, Maria Skobtsova, Fred Kelly, and Carl W. Stalling. Among people deceased in 1978, Diana Budisavljević ranks 91. Before her are Charles Eames, Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia, Gabriel Ramanantsoa, Felicia Montealegre Bernstein, John Lyng, and Nicolau dos Reis Lobato. After her are Josef Frings, Jacques Brugnon, Edmundo Suárez, Gunnar Nilsson, Tom Wilson, and Emilio Portes Gil.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Diana Budisavljević ranks 510 out of 1,424. Before her are Freddy Quinn (1931), Otto Wächter (1901), Wolf Albach-Retty (1906), Carl Zeller (1842), Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (1649), and Julius Raab (1891). After her are Richard Kohn (1888), Kurt Diemberger (1932), Kazimierz Twardowski (1866), Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria (1827), Paul Neumann (1875), and Karl Menger (1902).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Austria

Among social activists born in Austria, Diana Budisavljević ranks 3. Before her are Alfred Hermann Fried (1864), and Bertha Pappenheim (1859). After her are Maria Altmann (1916), Marianne Hainisch (1839), and Barbara Gittings (1932).

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