Ivo Stern

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

Stern was born to a wealthy Jewish family on 24 December 1889 in Zagreb.

Stern was educated, spoke multiple languages, and was financially independent. He associated with many Croatian writers, and his apartment in Jurišićeva street was a venue for banquets. He was a member of the Croatian Freemasonry and founded the Rotary Club, which had a predominantly Masonic membership.

Stern wrote left pacifist oriented emphatic expressive poetry, which was published in the magazine "Plamen". He also wrote political feuilletons. 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 Jewish messianism of Bolsheviks, Leon Trotsky and Béla Kun.

In the eve of World War II, Stern changed his surname to Globnik and moved to Italy where he died in 1961.