Daniel Ivin

Daniel Ivin
Born
Danko Goldstein

(1932-04-16)16 April 1932
Karlovac, Yugoslavia
(now Karlovac, Croatia)
Died20 June 2021(2021-06-20) (aged 89)
NationalityCroatian
Other namesDanijel Ivin
Occupation(s)Writer; activist
Known forCo-founding the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS)
Parent(s)Ivo and Lea Goldstein
RelativesSlavko Goldstein (brother)
Ivo Goldstein (nephew)

Daniel Ivin (born Danko Goldstein; 16 April 1932 – 20 June 2021) was a Croatian writer, politician and human rights activist.

Biography

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Ivin 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

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  • Hrvatsko pitanje: Nitko ne gleda kroz prozor sam (1999), Nakladni Zavod Matice Hrvatske, Zagreb
  • Revolution und Evolution in Jugoslawien (1968), Francke Verlag, Bern

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Ninoslav Kopač (2012). Svjedok histerije. Zagreb: Serb Democratic Forum. p. 374. ISBN 978-953-57313-2-0.
  2. ^ "Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database: Daniel Ivin". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Ivo Izchak Goldstein". Pages of testimony by Daniel Ivin Goldstein (son). Yad Vashem. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Danijel Ivin u Nedjeljom u 2: Bleiburg nije bio gubilište". Arhiva.dalje.com. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ HINA (11 December 2012). "Daniel Ivin novi predsjednika Savjeta antifašista RH" (in Croatian). Novi list. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Umro povjesničar i publicist Daniel Ivin Goldstein" (in Croatian). HRT.hr. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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