Viktor Rosenzweig
Viktor Rosenzweig | |
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Born | 1914 |
Died | 9 July 1941 (aged 27) |
Cause of death | Murdered in Holocaust |
Nationality | Croat |
Alma mater | University of Zagreb |
Occupation | Agronomist |
Viktor Rosenzweig (1914–1941) was a Croatian-Jewish communist, poet and writer.[1][2]
Rosenzweig was born in Ruma in 1914. During high school education he became a member of the Young Communist League of Yugoslavia - SKOJ (from Serbo-Croatian: Savez komunističke omladine Jugoslavije). Rosenzweig studied and graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at University of Zagreb. At the university he was one of the most observed and noticed Marxist around. In 1934, he became a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. In 1935, as a communist, he was sentenced to six months in prison. Rosenweig was a poet who wrote number of poems. Some of his poets were later published in a revolutionary writers collection "Riječi i Djela" (Words and Acts). In April 1941, after Independent State of Croatia establishment, Rosenzweig was arrested and imprisoned at Savska cesta prison. On July 9, 1941 Rosenzweig was killed by Ustaše together with Božidar Adžija, Otokar Keršovani, Ognjen Prica and Zvonimir Richtmann.[1][2]
Published works
[edit]- Naš život, Orbis Zagreb, 1939
References
[edit]- ^ a b Snješka Knežević (2011, p. 115)
- ^ a b Goldstein (2001, pp. 88, 271)
Bibliography
[edit]- Snješka Knežević, Aleksander Laslo (2011). Židovski Zagreb. Zagreb: AGM, Židovska općina Zagreb. ISBN 978-953-174-393-8.
- Goldstein, Ivo (2001). Holokaust u Zagrebu. Zagreb: Novi Liber. ISBN 953-6045-19-2.
- 1914 births
- 1941 deaths
- People from Ruma
- Croatian Jews
- Jews from Austria-Hungary
- Croatian Austro-Hungarians
- Croatian people of Serbian-Jewish descent
- Croatian communists
- Croatian male poets
- Croatian civilians killed in World War II
- Deaths by firearm in Croatia
- Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb alumni
- Jewish socialists
- 20th-century Croatian poets
- Croatian Marxists
- People executed by the Independent State of Croatia