Jelena Santic

Overview

Jelena Šantić (née Jovanović) born Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia July 18, 1944 (d. 2000). Prima ballerina and pacifist. Co-founded Group 484, welcoming Croat refugees. Berlin's Santic Peace Park dedicated to her memory, 2003. Received Pax Christi International Award, 1996.

Quotations

“Humanitarian activism is the other side of me. My life has always been an intersection of intuition and rationality, stability and instability, peace and upheaval. Then, at one moment I felt a strong desire to help people who suffered because of the war. My humanitarian trait in a way relates to art. They both connect different worlds.” (Grupa, p. 484; photo audioifotoarchif)