Marijan Dragman (April 24, 1910 – 1945) was a Croatian alpinist, photographer, sportsman, and painter. Dragman was born in

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to parents August and Marija. He became a member of (HPD) in 1920 at the age of 10. In 1936, the alpinist section was formed in HPD and within it a rescuing crew, which Dragman was part of. Dragman gave lectures about hiking, using his own photos. These photos had enough artistic value to receive several awards. He also took an interest in painting. During his life, he practiced

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and

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, and in 1935, he became the Croatian boxing champion in the light heavyweight category. During

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, he collaborated with the partisans starting in 1941. In 1945, he was arrested and killed in the wagon on his way from

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. Despite that fact, he was falsely listed as a victim of Jasenovac by communist authorities. Additionally, on the list of the victims it is falsely claimed that he was already dead in 1944. He was survived by his wife, his son Darije, born in 1940, and his daughter Ksenija, born in 1943. Several mountain roads and a street in Zagreb are named after him. On the second anniversary of the death of

Dragutin Brahm Dragutin Brahm (26 August 1909, Zagreb – 27 June 1938, Starigrad) was a Yugoslav mountain climber. He died while attempting the first ascent of the Anica kuk wall in the Paklenica climbing area, making him the first casualty in the history of Cr ...

, who died while trying to climb (712 m), Marijan Dragman and Drago Brezovečki became the first to successfully climb the rock, and the route was named after Brahm.

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