Vesna Pusić [SEP] father
1953 in Zagreb to jurist and university professor Eugen Pusić and Višnja (née Anđelinović) Pusić, a professor of English language. She graduated from II Gymnasium in 1971, after which she enrolled in Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences from which she graduated with a degree in sociology and philosophy in 1976. In 1984, she obtained a doctorate in sociology at the same faculty (Ph.D. Thesis: "The Role of Collective Decision-making in the Realization of Workers' Interests").
Professional career.
After graduation,
rewarded the War Memorial Sign in 1944. As is evident from the state archives documents he worked for the institutions of the Nazi-puppet state, so called Independent State of Croatia (NDH). However, according to some unconfirmed statements he also was a mole for resistance movement led by the Yugoslav Partisans throughout the war. His daughter Vesna Pusić also claimed that her father was an associate of Partisans. When the Partisans liberated Zagreb on May 8, 1945 Pusić was arrested with many other NDH officials, who failed to escape