„Największa akcja ratowania dzieci w czasie drugiej wojny światowej”. Diana Budisavljević jako obiekt praktyk pamięciowych w byłej Jugosławii i w Serbii
The Largest Operation to Save Children During the Second World War: Diana Budisavljević as an Object of Memory Practices in the Former Yugoslavia and Serbia

Summary/Abstract: The article considers how the narrative about Diana Budisavljević (1891–1978) waschanged after the Second World War. Budisavljević was the originator and coordinator ofthe rescue of Serbian children from Ustashe camps during the war. The authors scrutinizehow the memory of her actions was shaped first in socialist Yugoslavia and, after itscollapse, in Serbia. Today, Budisavljević is the subject of increased interest in both Serbianand Croatian national culture. Our analysis of the book by Boško Lomović Knjiga o DijaniBudisavljević (Book about Diana Budisavljević, 2013) and a museum narrative devotedto Budisavljević in the exhibition Najveća akcija spašavanja dece u Drugom svetskomratu – Dijanina deca (The Largest Operation to Save Children During the Second WorldWar: Diana’s Children, Belgrade, 2018) lead the authors to conclude that, as a figure,Budisavljević is used instrumentally and for short-term political purposes in the modernSerbian culture of remembrance.

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