Vjekoslav Ćurić

Vjekoslav "Vjeko" Ćurić (26 April 1957 in Lupoglav, Žepče, Bosnia and Herzegovina – 31 January 1998 in Kigali, Rwanda) was a Bosnian-Croat Franciscan friar, humanitarian and missionary in Rwanda. He is one of the recognized martyrs of Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena. In Rwanda, he is known as "African Oskar Schindler".

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