Hinko Bauer (; (January 17, 1908 – January 12, 1986) was a Croatian-Jewish architect. Ha-Kol (Glasilo Židovske zajednice u Hrvatskoj); Arhitekt, publicist, muzičar, poliglot; stranica 29; broj 104, ožujak / travanj 2008. Baur was born in

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, then part of the

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. As a young boy he moved to Rijeka, where he attended and finished architecture at the

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. During study, he worked for art nouveau Croatian architect Rudolf Lubinski. After education in 1931, Bauer was employed at the architect studio of another Croatian Jewish architect, Zlatko Neumann. From 1936 until the beginning of

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, he worked for Croatian architect Marijan Haberle. In 1943, Bauer joined the Partisans. One year later, he was arrested and deported to the

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. There, he managed to survive the

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. Bauer returned to

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in 1954 to found his own architect studio "Bauer". Bauer is best known for his architectural work such as: "Zagrebački zbor" (now ''Student Center of University of Zagreb'') at Savska street, for which Bauer and Haberle won the first prize, "Narodno sveučilište" (Public University) at Kordunska Street, Zagreb and Hospital at Jordanovac Street, Zagreb. Bauer died in Zagreb on 12 January 1986, aged 77. He was buried at

Mirogoj Cemetery The Mirogoj City Cemetery (, hr, Gradsko groblje Mirogoj), also known as Mirogoj Cemetery ( hr, Groblje Mirogoj), is a cemetery park that is considered to be among the more noteworthy landmarks in the city of Zagreb. The cemetery inters members o ...

. Gradska groblja Zagreb: Hinko Bauer, Mirogoj Ž-6-I-25

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