ABSTRACT
Subotica/ Szabadka in Serbia is a town with approximately 100,000 inhabitants and is known for its multicultural spirit. This became especially apparent at the time of the Yugoslav Wars in the 1990s: Subotica/ Szabadka, located in the very north of the Vojvodina region1 at the border with Hungary, was considered an “oasis of peace,” a haven of (relative) inter-ethnic and interreligious tolerance surrounded by nationalist hatred, bloodshed and ethnic cleansing that spread all over the territory of the former Yugoslavia. In fact, in Subotica/ Szabadka, diversity has been nearly a matter of course. Over the centuries, the town has been a meeting point of different cultures and religions, home to Hungarians, Serbs, Croats (and Bunjevci2), Montenegrins, Germans, Slovaks, Ruthenians and Roma as well as to Catholics, Protestants, Serbian-Orthodox, Jews and Muslims.
