Dr. Ivo Stern (24 December 1889 – 1961) was a Croatian lawyer, writer, journalist, director and founder of the "Zagreb Radiostation" (now

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). Stern was born to a wealthy

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ish family on 24 December 1889 in

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. He studied and graduated at the Faculty of Law at the

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in 1913. After graduation, he practiced the law for a while. After

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, in which he participated as a soldier in the

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, Stern lived in

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. In 1926 as the head of the Zagreb group of bankers and industrials, despite the opposition from

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, Stern founded the "Zagreb Radiostation". Stern was first director and major shareholder of the "Zagreb Radiostation". He was also the program editor until 1938. Stern was close friend of Croatian writer

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. Nikola Batušić; Erich Singer – "Krležijanac" prije Krleže; stranica 243, 244, 245. Distinctly higher in education, polyglot, charming and elegant, financially independent, Stern fraternize with many Croatian writers. His apartment in Jurišićeva street was a place of elegant banquets. He was a member of the Croatian

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and founder of the elite "Rotary Club" which had predominantly Masonic membership. Stern wrote left pacifist oriented emphatic expressive poetry, which was published in the magazine "Plamen". He also wrote political

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s. One of his feuilletons was devoted to the problem of the Jewish diaspora in the new post-war Europe, for which he was criticized and accused that he represents the

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and

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. Usp. bilj. br. 10. In the eve of

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, Stern changed his surname to Globnik and moved to Italy where he died in 1961.

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