Slavko Goldstein
Slavko Goldstein | |
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Born | |
Died | 13 September 2017 | (aged 89)
Occupation(s) | Writer, historian |
Political party | Croatian Social Liberal Party |
Spouse | Vera Goldstein (deceased) |
Children | 2, including Ivo |
Relatives | Daniel Ivin (brother) |
Slavko Goldstein (22 August 1928 – 13 September 2017) was a Croatian historian, politician, and fiction writer.
Biography
Early life
Slavko Goldstein was born in
Second World War
During the
Slavko's father was killed at
After the war
After the war, Slavko Goldstein graduated in 1947 from the Karlovac Gymnasium. Then he moved to
Writing career
During his studies, Goldstein began working as a
Goldstein also directed five documentary films, and wrote screenplays for several Yugoslav World War II films such as Signal Over the City (Signali nad gradom, 1960), Prometheus of the Island (Prometej s otoka Viševice, 1964; co-written with Vatroslav Mimica and Krunoslav Quien), and Operation Stadium (Akcija stadion, 1977; co-written with Dušan Vukotić).[10][11][12] He edited more than 150 books, and worked as a publisher on about 400 titles.[13]
Later years
One article claims Goldstein identified as "Yugoslav".[14] However, in his book '1941: The Year That Keeps Returning' he repeatedly refers to himself as a Croatian Jew. On 20 May 1989, together with his brother and several associates from Cankarjeva založba, where he worked then (Vlado Gotovac and Božo Kovačević were also employed there), he founded the first political party in modern Croatia, the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) and until February 1990 was its President.[15][3] He launched the journal for democratic culture "Erazmus", of which he was also the editor-in-chief.[3]
During the 1990s, Goldstein opposed the nationalist politics of the Croatian President Franjo Tuđman, as well as the privatization process. Together with several other Croatian intellectuals, he signed a request for the resignation of President Tuđman in 1993, published in the Erasmus magazine.[3]
Goldstein also argued that Tuđman was more a politician than a historian, and that history was interpreted according to his political views. For Goldstein, Tuđman was a solid personality who did not accept the uprising, that is, he flirted with some Greater Croatia ideas, but not with the Ustaša.[16]
In 2007, Goldstein published the book 1941. – Godina koja se vraća ("1941 – The Year That Comes Back") for which he received the Cyclop Award for the Publicist Work of the Year.[3] He founded the publishing house "Novi Liber".[3][4]
For a time he was President of the Zagreb Jewish Community and of the "Cultural Society Miroslav Šalom Freiberger", and together with his son, Ivo, historian, advocated the reconstruction of the Zagreb Synagogue.[17] Goldstein was then the first president of the Jewish religious community Beth Israel from Zagreb, founded in 2007 after an internal conflict in the Jewish community of Zagreb led by Ognjen Kraus.[3]
In 2008, although he had stated that he would visit
After the victory of the
In 2015, Slavko Goldstein opposed the initiative to introduce the greeting Za dom spremni as an official greeting of the Armed Forces of Croatia. He stated that he would not be able to live in Croatia if the greeting was introduced in the military, schools or other state institutions, and that he would immediately seek political asylum in another European country.[20]
Goldstein died on 13 September 2017.[21]
Works
- Okrug Karlovac 1941; (with I. Butković and M. Bekić), 1965[22]
- Holokaust u Zagrebu; 2001[22]
- 1941. – Godina koja se vraća; 2007[22]
- Jasenovac and Bleiburg are not the same; 2011 (with his son Ivo Goldstein)[23]
- Josip Broz Tito; 2015 (with his son Ivo Goldstein)[24]
References
- ^ "Židovi koji su izgradili moderni Zagreb – Nacional.hr".
- ^ 1941 – Year That Keeps Returning (Croatian: 1941. – Godina koja se vraća) review, amazon.com; accessed 23 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Slavko Goldstein - Večernji.hr". Vecernji.hr. 21 August 2017. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ a b c Slavko Goldstein, 2007, str. 479
- ^ Nedjeljom u 2, 1. travnja 2012.
- ^ Profile of Slavko Goldstein, nyrb.com; accessed 23 November 2015.
- ^ a b c Robert Bajruši, Marina Biluš, Viktor Zahtila (29 June 2012). "Židovi koji su izgradili moderni Zagreb". Nacional. No. 483. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Ivo Izchak Goldstein". Pages of testimony by Daniel Ivin (Danko Goldstein), son of Slavko Goldstein. Yad Vashem.
- ^ "Slavko Goldstein – Večernji.hr". Vecernji.hr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "Signali nad gradom". Filmovi.com. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ "Prometej s otoka Viševice". Filmovi.com. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Akcija "Stadion"". Filmovi.com. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ "Slavko Goldstein – Hrvatsko Društvo Pisaca". Hrvatskodrustvopisaca.hr. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ Vidal-Folch, Ignacio (14 August 2014). ""Diga que soy yugoslavo"" [Say that I am Yugoslavian]. EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ "Croatian Jews hope elections will end area's isolation". Jweekly.com. 7 January 2000. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ Maša Ilotić (12 February 2016). "Slavko Goldstein kaže da je cijela afera oko ministra Hasanbegovića vrlo neugodna i to pred svijetom –". Telegram.hr. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ Pandža, Gordan (15 September 2006). "Sinagogu u Zagrebu gradit će obje općine" (PDF). Vjesnik. Retrieved 17 May 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Slavko Goldstein razočarao SDP-ovce, neće u Bleiburg > Slobodna Dalmacija". Slobodnadalmacija.hr. 10 September 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ Otvoreno, 10. travnja 2012.
- ^ "Slavko Goldstein za Telegram: Odmah bih iselio iz Hrvatske da se kao službeni pozdrav uvede 'Za dom spremni' –". Telegram.hr. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Novosti :: In memoriam Slavko Goldstein: Odlazak velikana". Portalnovosti.com. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ a b c "Slavko (1928–2017) Goldstein – Hrvatsko Društvo Pisaca". Hrvatskodrustvopisaca.hr. 22 August 1928. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ Moderna vremena :: Jasenovac i Bleiburg nisu isto. Mvinfo.hr. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "V 90. letu starosti se je poslovil hrvaški zgodovinar Slavko Goldstein" (in Slovenian). Rtvslo.si. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2017.