Juraj Njavro

Juraj Njavro (2 July 1938 – 15 September 2008) was a Croatian medical doctor and politician.

Njavro was born in Cerovica, near Neum in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina).

[1] He served as a surgeon Vukovar's hospital during the city's intense siege within the Croatian War of Independence.

[3] Njavro was subsequently imprisoned and taken to the Sremska Mitrovica camp in Serbia.

[7] Njavro wrote a book about his internment during the war entitled Glava dolje, ruke na leđa.