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Jelena Brajša
Jelena (Jelka) Brajša (18 August 1935 – 5 November 2021) was a Croatian humanitarian and social worker, long-term president of the Caritas of the Archdiocese of Zagreb (1966–2005). She helped in establishment of several reception centers and homes for abandoned children, handicapped, old and infirm. She has been working on collecting aid for war victims during the Croatian War of Independence. She was known as "The Angel of Zagreb" and "Croatian Mother Teresa". Early life and education She was born in Zagreb in 1935 as a youngest, thirteenth child in the Catholic family. Her father was jurist. She attended elementary and middle school in Zagreb. With the establishment of the communist Yugoslavia, her family was labeled as a "class enemy" and she was prevented from studying. In 1958 she went to Vienna, where she studied social work and religious pedagogy at the Seminar für kirchliche Frauenberufe, with the scholarship granted to her by the cardinal Franz König. She furthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zagreb
Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slovenia at an elevation of approximately above mean sea level, above sea level. At the 2021 census, the city itself had a population of 767,131, while the population of Zagreb metropolitan area is 1,086,528. The oldest settlement in the vicinity of the city was the Roman Andautonia, in today's Šćitarjevo. The historical record of the name "Zagreb" dates from 1134, in reference to the foundation of the settlement at Kaptol, Zagreb, Kaptol in 1094. Zagreb became a free royal city in 1242. In 1851, Janko Kamauf became Zagreb's List of mayors of Zagreb, first mayor. Zagreb has special status as a Administrative divisions of Croatia, Croatian administrative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
