Drina Martyrs
The Drina Martyrs were Catholic nuns of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity. They were killed in Bosnia and Herzegovina between December 15 and 23, 1941 because of their religion.
István Tápai: Drina Martyrs (2010).
Life and death
Their names were Marija Jula (Kata) Ivanišević, Marija Bernadeta (Terezija) Banja, Marija Krizina (Josefa) Bojanc, Marija Antonija (Josefa) Fabjan and Maria Berchmana (Carolina Anna) Leidenix. They died in Goražde and near Sjetlina in 1941. They are beatified in Sarajevo on 24th September, 2010.
Drina Martyrs Media
Trial of Jezdimir Dangic in Sarajevo 1947
References
- FDC Alumnae Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Site about Drina Martyrs - multilingual Archived 2011-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading
- Franc Ksaver Meško: Izbrano delo I-VI Mohorjeva družba v Celju (1954–1960)
- Anto Baković: Drinske mučenice, Vlastita svjedočanstva, Svjedočanstva očividaca, Dokumenti, Anto Baković, Sarajevo 1990.