2016. Because of this, and the even stronger opposition to the Belgrade Waterfront in general, it is perceived that the conventional 2016 project was chosen to "legalize" the entire project and to appease the public. Future The dilapidated remains of the former camp complex were declared a cultural monument on 9 July 1987. In February 1992, as provided by the detailed urban plan, the neighborhood was to be fully reconstructed to its pre-war look, an idea opposed by some architects, with added memorial and commemorative objects. The entire complex was to be transformed into one large memorial, but it all remained on paper. The idea was constantly present, gaining media and political momentum in the 2010s, but by 2022 nothing has been actually done. On 24 February 2020, National Assembly of Serbia adopted the law which established the Memorial Center "Staro Sajmište". Reconstruction of the central tower, as the first step in the adaptation of the remains into the memorial center and museum began on 27 July 2022. In November 2018 it was announced that a monument to the humanitarian Diana Budisavljević will be placed along the quay, next to the already existing memorial. Budisavljević saved 15,000 children (12,000 of which survived) from perishing in the Concentration camps in the Independent State of Croatia, operated by the Ustaše regime during World War II. City decided to erect a monument in her memory already in October 2015, but only now set the location. The monument was to be finished and dedicated in the second half of 2019. However, in November 2019 the project was relocated to the opposite side of the river, in the Savamala neighborhood, but the erection of the monument was postponed. References Sources External links Semlin Judenlager – in Serbian public memory Archival footage on construction and grand opening of the Belgrade Fair Neighborhoods of Belgrade New Belgrade