Slavko Wolf, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Slavko Wolf

Croatian lawyer, chess player and writer

Date of Birth: 26-Dec-1862

Place of Birth: Tata, Hungary

Date of Death: 07-Nov-1936

Profession: writer, lawyer, politician, chess player

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Slavko Wolf

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  • Slavko Wolf (born Samuel Wolf, Yiddish: ????????? ???????; 26 December 1862 – 7 November, 1936) was a Croatian lawyer, chess player and writer. Wolf was born on 26 December 1862 in Tata, in Komárom-Esztergom County of the Kingdom of Hungary to Jewish parents, Benjamin and Matilda (née Ebenspanger) Wolf.
  • Soon after his birth Wolf family moved to Vukovar, Croatia where Wolf was raised together with his brothers Dragutin and Leopold.
  • His father was hazzan at the Vukovar Synagogue, rosh yeshiva and secretary of the Vukovar Jewish community.
  • Later he was also a rabbi in Ludbreg for 10 years.
  • Wolf attended the Vukovar Yeshiva led by his father.
  • In autumn of 1871, after his education at Yeshiva, Wolf began to attend the Vinkovci Gymnasium.
  • Last three grades he finished at the Osijek Gymnasium from where he graduated in 1879.
  • That same year in autumn he started studying law at the Faculty of Law University of Vienna.
  • Wolf graduated from the University in 1883.
  • In Vienna he also obtained his doctorate.After his graduation Wolf worked as a trainee solicitor in Bjelovar.
  • Later he worked as a lawyer in Koprivnica, and representative at the Koprivnica City Assembly.
  • He owned a law firm.
  • In 1893 Wolf married Janka (née Granitz), a daughter of known Hungarian-born Croatian Jewish industrialist Ignjat Granitz.
  • Their son Pavao Vuk-Pavlovic was born in 1894. After his parents death, his mother died in 1891 and father in 1899, Wolf and his wife converted to Catholic faith in 1900.
  • Through his years he stayed connected with Judaism and Jewish community in Koprivnica and Zagreb.
  • Wolf and his family lived in Koprivnica until 1910, after they moved to Zagreb.
  • He practised law until 1931.
  • After his father in law company "Ignjat Granitz & Comp." was merged with the printing house of Ivan Novak, to found the Graphic and Publishing Bureau "Tipografija d.d.", Wolf became a lifetime president of the newly founded company.
  • Wolf hobby was chess.
  • In 1935 he published the book "Å ahovski problemi za pocetnike" (Chess problems for beginners) about chess problem.
  • During World War II Wolf's wife survived the Holocaust with the help of her sons former students.
  • Wolf died on 7 November 1936 and was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery.

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