In August 2007, as summer waned, disaster struck Veliki Kornat in Croatia’s picturesque Kornati archipelago. Thirteen firefighters battled ferociously to save the island’s fragile ecosystem. Still, the mission cost twelve lives, leaving a lone survivor to share their story of courage and resilience. The Kornati Tragedy, etched in Croatia’s memory as a catastrophic peacetime event, … Continue reading The Memorial Crosses of Kornati Islands