SOCIAL ACTIVIST

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 mostly Serbian Orthodox women and children 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diana Budisavljević has received more than 148,010 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Diana Budisavljević is the 245th most popular social activist (up from 290th in 2019), the 466th most popular biography from Austria (up from 566th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Diana Budisavljević ranks 245 out of 840. Before her are Marina Ginestà, David Riazanov, David Lane, Maria Altmann, Stjepan Filipović, and Vera Figner. After her are Vandana Shiva, Eglantyne Jebb, Djamila Bouhired, Ryszard Siwiec, Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, and Li Hongzhi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Diana Budisavljević ranks 75. Before her are Jose P. Laurel, Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma, Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin, Werner Lorenz, Shizo Kanakuri, and Henry Tandey. After her are Evgeny Pashukanis, Yrjö Väisälä, Tin Ujević, Walter Eucken, Yvan Goll, and Kálmán Kalocsay. Among people deceased in 1978, Diana Budisavljević ranks 73. Before her are Charles Eames, José Manuel Moreno, Lilya Brik, Max Decugis, Jens Otto Krag, and Misao Tamai. After her are Samuel Goudsmit, Karl Lennart Oesch, Salvador de Madariaga, Felicia Montealegre Bernstein, Gaston Julia, and Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Diana Budisavljević ranks 466 out of 1,424. Before her are Hans Krása (1899), Henri Herz (1803), Karl Nehammer (1972), Petar Brzica (1917), Jacob Stainer (1619), and Franz Binder (1911). After her are Otto Wächter (1901), Leopold Figl (1902), Maria Schicklgruber (1795), Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria (1827), Franz von Liszt (1851), and Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Austria

Among social activists born in Austria, Diana Budisavljević ranks 4. Before her are Alfred Hermann Fried (1864), Bertha Pappenheim (1859), and Maria Altmann (1916). After her are Marianne Hainisch (1839), and Barbara Gittings (1932).

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