During the conflict that bloodied former Yugoslavia (and Bosnia-Herzegovina in
particular) in the 1990s, some individuals managed to act extraordinarily, risking their
own lives to save others, even if they belonged to different ethnic groups.
Svetlana Broz, a Bosnian cardiologist honored as Righteous in Milan's Garden for her
commitment to reconciliation during the war in former Yugoslavia, defined them the
"Righteous in the time of evil".
These exemplary figures refused to see their neighbor as the enemy because they
knew that their neighbors were "first of all people, only later Croats, Muslims, Serbs".
The Righteous in the Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide in the Balkans
Svetlana Broz told these stories in her book Good People in an Evil Time: thanks to
her extraordinary work and our readers' suggestions, here we present some of these
figures.
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