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Aleksandar Licht
Dr. Aleksandar Licht (1884−1948) was a Croatian Zionist leader and founder of the Zionist movement in Croatia. Licht was born in village Sokolovac, near Koprivnica to a Croatian Jewish family. As a child he moved with his family to Zagreb. Licht was educated in Zagreb where he finished elementary and high school. He graduated as a lawyer at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. In 1909 he was promoted to a Doctor of law at the University of Zagreb. In 1913 he opened a law firm in Zagreb, but in 1914 he was drafted to the Austro-Hungarian Army. Upon completing military service, Licht returned to Zagreb where he practiced law at his firm. He was the founder and spiritual leader of Zionism in Croatia. As a young man he was elected chairman of the Jewish youth circle "Literarni Sastanci" (''Literary Meetings''), which soon became a Zionist society. He was also the editor of "Židovska smotra" (''The Jewish review''). In Vienna he was the chairman of "Bar Giora", a group of Zio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokolovac, Koprivnica-Križevci County
Sokolovac is a village and municipality in the Koprivnica–Križevci County in Croatia. In the 2011 census, there were 3,417 inhabitants in the area, in the following settlements: * Brđani Sokolovački, population 50 * Domaji, population 176 * Donja Velika, population 91 * Donjara, population 26 * Donji Maslarac, population 74 * Gornja Velika, population 95 * Gornji Maslarac, population 42 * Grdak, population 85 * Hudovljani, population 135 * Jankovac, population 41 * Kamenica, population 17 * Ladislav Sokolovački, population 120 * Lepavina, population 200 * Mala Branjska, population 60 * Mala Mučna, population 81 * Mali Botinovac, population 15 * Mali Grabičani, population 193 * Mali Poganac, population 141 * Miličani, population 147 * Paunovac, population 30 * Peščenik, population 79 * Prnjavor Lepavinski, population 58 * Rijeka Koprivnička, population 68 * Rovištanci, population 57 * Sokolovac, population 464 * Srijem, population 213 * Šir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |