Open AccessVećeslav Holjevac - Forgotten Dissident
Author(s) -
Josip Mihaljević
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
prispevki za novejšo zgodovino
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.213
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2463-7807
pISSN - 0353-0329
DOI - 10.51663/pnz.58.3.06
Subject(s) - croatian , politics , political science , character (mathematics) , dissent , league , law , communism , public sphere , economic history , sociology , political economy , history , philosophy , linguistics , physics , geometry , mathematics , astronomy
Croatian politician Većeslav Holjevac (1917-1970) has been remembered as one of the most successful mayors of the city of Zagreb. However, his character and political work are scarcely known to the public today. His merits in the cultural sphere are mostly forgotten, as well as the fact that he was one of the most important Croatian dissidents. His case delineates the issue of the Croatian national reform movement known as the Croatian Spring. Due to his solid character he was not afraid to defend his standpoints, even in the fights with communist comrades who were higher in the hierarchy of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, which caused his political decline. The article presents the critical moments of his dissent and political disagreement with his comrades that led him to the role of the party renegade. The article also discusses the claims that Holjevac's was to become the leader of the Croatian Spring.