Ivica Ceresnjes

Ivan Ceresnjes (born 1945,, Sarajevo), also known as Ivica Ceresnjes, is an Bosnian architect-researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem specializing in the documentation of the Jewish architectural-cultural heritage in the former Yugoslavia and Eastern Europe. During the Bosnian War of 1992–1995 he served as the president of the Jewish community of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and played a central role in the rescue and evacuation of thousands of Sarajevo residents. Ceresnjes was born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (today Bosnia and Herzegovina). He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Arhitektonsko - Urbanisticki Fakultet (Faculty of Urban Architecture) in the University of Sarajevo and afterwards worked as a practicing...