Pavao Löw (1910 – 1 January 1986) was a

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player in the

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and later an

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in the

Yugoslav People's Army The Yugoslav People's Army (JNA/; Macedonian language, Macedonian, Montenegrin language, Montenegrin and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian language, Croatian and ; , J ...

. Before

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he was a prominent member of Makabi, a famous Jewish club. With

HŠK Concordia HŠK Concordia was a Croatian football club formed in Zagreb. The club was founded as the Srednjoškolski športski klub in 1906. By the end of the First World War the club had played many matches with both domestic and foreign clubs. After the w ...

, he won two national championships in 1930 and 1932. In 1933, he played three games for the

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. During the war he was arrested on 21 June 1941 and brought to Slano camp on Pag. In August, he was transferred to Jasenovac camp. He fled in September 1943 and joined the

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. He later joined the communist party. In 1944 he was reassigned to work with foreign missions. After the war, he changed his name to Pavle Levković and worked as a Major in

in the commission for determining the crimes of the occupiers and their collaborators. From 1963 to 1964 he was the General Secretary of

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

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. He later left Belgrade for health reasons and moved to

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. He died there on 1 January 1986.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Löw, Pavao 1910 births 1986 deaths Footballers from Zagreb Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers HŠK Concordia players FK Partizan non-playing staff