Greta Ferusic
Encyclopedia
Greta Ferusic is a retired professor of architecture at the University of Sarajevo
and survivor of Auschwitz and the Siege of Sarajevo
.
"Greta was the only one of her family to survive the Holocaust. After the war, she studied architecture at the University of Sarajevo and was the first woman to graduate. Later she became the Architecture School's first female dean. Refusing to be dislocated when the siege of Sarajevo began in April, 1992, Greta and her husband shared in the fate of their city."
In 1997, Haris Pašović
produced and directed a biographical film Greta about her.
In February 2004 Ferusic was awarded the Polish Auschwitz Cross (Krzyż Oświęcimski
).
University of Sarajevo
The University of Sarajevo is the first university in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was originally established in 1531 as a Madrasah or Islamic Law college, with a modern university being established and expanded on top of that in 1949. Today, with 23 faculties and around 55,000 enrolled students, it...
and survivor of Auschwitz and the Siege of Sarajevo
Siege of Sarajevo
The Siege of Sarajevo is the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare. Serb forces of the Republika Srpska and the Yugoslav People's Army besieged Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996 during the Bosnian War.After Bosnia...
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"Greta was the only one of her family to survive the Holocaust. After the war, she studied architecture at the University of Sarajevo and was the first woman to graduate. Later she became the Architecture School's first female dean. Refusing to be dislocated when the siege of Sarajevo began in April, 1992, Greta and her husband shared in the fate of their city."
In 1997, Haris Pašović
Haris Pašovic
Haris Pašović is a Bosnian theatre and film director. Over the course of his wide-ranging career, he has also worked as a playwright, choreographer, performer, and designer. He is best known for his productions of Wedekind’s “Spring Awakening” and numerous collaborations with other artists,...
produced and directed a biographical film Greta about her.
In February 2004 Ferusic was awarded the Polish Auschwitz Cross (Krzyż Oświęcimski
Krzyz Oswiecimski
The Auschwitz Cross , instituted on 14 March 1985, was a Polish decoration awarded to honour inmates of Nazi German concentration camps, including but not limited to Auschwitz ....
).