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Daniel Ivin (born Danko Goldstein; 16 April 1932 – 20 June 2021) was a Croatian writer, politician and human rights activist.
Daniel Ivin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Danko Goldstein 16 April 1932 |
| Died | 20 June 2021 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | Croatian |
| Other names | Danijel Ivin |
| Occupation(s) | Writer; activist |
| Known for | Co-founding the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) |
| Parent(s) | Ivo and Lea Goldstein |
| Relatives | Slavko Goldstein (brother) Ivo Goldstein (nephew) |
Biography
editIvin was born in April 1932, and raised in Karlovac, in a Jewish family.[1] His elder brother was Slavko Goldstein.[2][3]
His father, Ivo ("Izchak") Goldstein, was a book dealer in Karlovac. In 1941, his father was murdered by the Ustaše at the Jadovno concentration camp.[4]
As a boy, Danko joined the Partisans and served as a courier. At the end of 1942, he watched over Ustaše captive Jure Francetić and informed the Partisan headquarters about the latter's health.[1] He changed his name from Danko to Daniel/Danijel, and surname from Goldstein to Ivin (meaning son of Ivo) in honour of his late father.[citation needed]
From 1949–52, Ivin lived in Israel and served in Israel Defense Forces.[1] Upon his return to Croatia he worked as a journalist. Later he worked under Franjo Tuđman at the "Institute for history of the labor movement" in Zagreb. In 1966, for his attempt to start the non-Communist newspaper Slobodna riječ (Free word), he was sentenced to several months in prison under charges of organizing the assassination of Josip Broz Tito.[1]
After being released, Ivin lived in Switzerland and Great Britain.[1] In 1989, together with his brother Slavko, Ivin founded the Croatian Social Liberal Party.[5]
In 1993 he co-founded the Croatian Helsinki Committee, serving as president in 2007.[6] In 2012 he was elected as a new president of the "Council of the Croatian anti-fascists".[7]
Ivin died on 20 June 2021, at the age of 89.[8]
Works
edit- Hrvatsko pitanje: Nitko ne gleda kroz prozor sam (1999), Nakladni Zavod Matice Hrvatske, Zagreb
- Revolution und Evolution in Jugoslawien (1968), Francke Verlag, Bern
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Ninoslav Kopač (2012). Svjedok histerije. Zagreb: Serb Democratic Forum. p. 374. ISBN 978-953-57313-2-0.
- ^ "Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database: Daniel Ivin". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ Danko Plevnik (10 April 2010). "Zatezalo demantira Tuđmana: U Jadovnu su ustaše ubili 40.000 ljudi u 132 dana" (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ "Ivo Izchak Goldstein". Pages of testimony by Daniel Ivin Goldstein (son). Yad Vashem. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Danijel Ivin u Nedjeljom u 2: Bleiburg nije bio gubilište". Arhiva.dalje.com. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ "Danijel Ivin novi predsjednik HHO-a" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. 11 May 2007. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ HINA (11 December 2012). "Daniel Ivin novi predsjednika Savjeta antifašista RH" (in Croatian). Novi list. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ "Umro povjesničar i publicist Daniel Ivin Goldstein" (in Croatian). HRT.hr. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.