The historian Vjekoslav Klaic died at the age of 78. Here is all you want to know, and more!
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A turn-of-the-century historian and author, he is best known for his five-volume History of the Croats. Also the editor of the Croatian cultural magazine Vienac, he further promoted Croatian culture by establishing and conducting an orchestra that performed exclusively Croatian music.
He was born in Garcin, Croatia to a German mother.