Lavoslav Kadelburg (26 August 1910 – 12 December 1994) was a Yugoslavian lawyer, judge, polyglot and activist.

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Lavoslav Kadelburg
Born(1910-08-26)August 26, 1910
DiedDecember 12, 1994(1994-12-12) (aged 84)
NationalityCroat

Born in Vinkovci on 26 August 1910 to a Croatian Jewish[1] family, Kadelburg completed his secondary education there. Before the Nazi invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, he had been a reserve officer of the Royal Yugoslav Army. He was interned in POW camps in Germany during World War II. With Dr. Albert Vajs, Kadelburg helped tend to surviving Yugoslavian Jews in the aftermath of the Holocaust.

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  1. ^ (in Croatian) Josip Šarčević: Poznati učenici i profesori Vinkovačke gimnazije Archived 2007-07-07 at the Wayback Machine: p. 78: year 2004/2005.

Sources edit

  • Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd edition (ISBN#?)

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