A Letter from Sarajevo

by Svetlana Broz, a grandchild of Yosip Broz - Tito


Dear Friend,

It is my pleasure to inform you about one interesting and without any doubt, very honorable and great idea, which certainly deserves your support and cooperation, I believe. Mr. Gabriele Nissim, the distinguished Italian essayist and novelist, set up the idea to design the "Garden for the Righteous Worldwide" which would resemble to the park "Yad Vashem" in Jerusalem, Israel, and which is devoted to all those who have helped and protected the victims of holocaust.

This "Garden for the Righteous Worldwide" would be the monument and the memento dedicated to all those fighters against killing, menace and humiliation of innocent people, and will be designed like commemorative -park and created in those places and countries which have suffered from great genocide such as Armenia, Russia, Cambodia, Rwanda and the territory of ex-Yugoslavia.

Mr. Nissim is planning to have the "Garden for the Righteous", designed and planted in Sarajevo, in the town which represents the symbol of the latest sufferings of people in Europe.

The aim of designing such a "Garden" is to pay tribute to all those people, who have bravely and resolutely rejected "lawful" but non-human treatment and helped all those innocent, weak and fragile who lived on the territory of ex-Yugoslavia. Each planted tree will bear the name of each Righteous Man, who has survived all dangers and stood bravely to defend those who were unfairly prosecuted. The purpose of designing this "Garden" is to remind people world wide and to remember all those who were steady and responsible individuals because they had enough courage to refuse to be involved in mass euphoria, which led them into criminal acts.

The goal of creating such a "Garden" should be very high, it should represent a kind of reconciliation among nations and should, therefore, be the monument of individual decision which was the means of resistance against the manipulation of the majority.

Mr. Gabriele Nissim suggested that I should be the involved in this project and be responsible for its realization. Therefore, I kindly ask you to join the team of experts, who could reconsider all aspects of the realization of the Sarajevo part of the project for designing "World Garden for the Righteous".

If you accept the invitation, do let me know by any kind of communication. You will be informed about further activities and will be kindly asked to take part in them.

Please, find enclosed the list of experts who have already received this letter.

Look forward to hearing from you soon.
Best regards

Svetlana Broz.
Belgrade, November 2000


[—› The list of experts]

Join by writing at support.sarajevo@gariwo.net.