Slavko Goldstein
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Slavko Goldstein is a Croatia
Croatia
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n Jewish historian, writer and publisher.
Goldstein family was originally from Tuzla
Tuzla
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, but Slavko spend his childhood in Karlovac
Karlovac
Karlovac is a city and municipality in central Croatia. The city proper has a population of 49,082, while the municipality has a population of 59,395 inhabitants .Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County...

 where
his father Ivo was notable bookseller. At the beginning of Second World War, he was killed by Ustaša fasciscts and Slavko escaped and joined the Partisans where he stayed at the end of the war.
After the war, Goldstein participated in war for Israel
Israel
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 independence and lived few years in
kibutz. In the mid 50-ties he returned back to Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

 where he stayed on longer term.
He studied on Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences or the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb is one of the top faculties of the University of Zagreb.-History:...

. He became journalist, editor and writer in many Croatian
newspapers. He was a founder of the Croatian Social Liberal Party
Croatian Social Liberal Party
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 (HSLS) and was the party's first leader, from 1989 to 1990. He, along with his son Ivo Goldstein
Ivo Goldstein
Dr. Ivo Goldstein is a Croatian historian.He received his PhD in history at the University of Zagreb. Since 2001 he is a full professor at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb...

, is involved in the reconstruction of the Zagreb Synagogue
Zagreb synagogue
The Zagreb Synagogue was the main place of worship for the Jewish community of Zagreb in modern-day Croatia, from its construction in 1867 in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia within the Austrian Empire, until its demolition by the fascist authorities in 1941 in the Axis-aligned Independent State of...

.
During the 1990s he was an outspoken critic of Franjo Tuđman's authoritarian regime, hate speech in the media, and the ongoing privatization
Privatization
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.

Goldstein also wrote screenplays for several Yugoslav World War II films such as Signal Over the City
Signal Over the City
Signal Over the City is a Yugoslav film directed by Žika Mitrović. It was released in 1960....

(Signali nad gradom, 1960) and Operation Stadium
Operation Stadium
Operation Stadium is a Croatian film directed by Dušan Vukotić. It was released in 1977.-External links:*...

(Akcija stadion, 1977, co-written with Dušan Vukotić
Dušan Vukotic
Dušan Vukotić was an award-winning cartoonist, author and director of animated films from Yugoslavia. He is the best known member of the Zagreb school of animated films....

).
His son is the notable Croatian historian Ivo Goldstein
Ivo Goldstein
Dr. Ivo Goldstein is a Croatian historian.He received his PhD in history at the University of Zagreb. Since 2001 he is a full professor at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb...

.

Works

  • Okrug Karlovac 1941.; (with I. Butković and M. Bekić), 1965.
  • Holokaust u Zagrebu; 2001.
  • 1941. - Godina koja se vraća; 2007.
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