Full Name Danko Goldstein Parent(s) Ivo and Lea Goldstein Residence Zagreb, Croatia Name Daniel Ivin | Nationality Croatian Role Writer Occupation Writer | |
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Born April 16, 1932 (age 92) ( 1932-04-16 ) Karlovac, Sava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia Known for Co-founding the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) Relatives Slavko Goldstein (brother)
Ivo Goldstein (nephew) | ||
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Daniel (or Danijel) Ivin (born Danko Goldstein; 16 April 1932, Karlovac) is a Yugoslav-born Croatian, writer, politician and human rights activist.
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Ivin was born and raised in Karlovac to a Jewish family. His elder brother is Slavko Goldstein.
His father, Ivo ("Izchak") Goldstein, was a reputable book dealer in Karlovac. In 1941, his father was murdered by the Ustaše at the Jadovno concentration camp.
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. 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.
From 1949–52, Ivin lived in Israel and served in Israel Defense Forces. 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 on Josip Broz Tito.
After being released, Ivin lived in Switzerland and Great Britain. In 1989, together with his brother Slavko, Ivin founded the Croatian Social Liberal Party.
In 1993 he co-founded the Croatian Helsinki Committee, serving as president in 2007. In 2012 he was elected as a new president of the "Council of the Croatian anti-fascists".