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11 january 1934 zagreb -rrb- , kingdom of yugoslavia , -lrb- now croatia mnešice , -lrb- now slovakia -rrb- , nové mesto nad váhom , austrian empire 175px 25 february 1858 salamon berger.jpg salamon berger
 salamon berger
salamon berger

salamon berger -lrb- 25 february 1858 -- 11 january 1934 -rrb- was a croatian jewish industrialist , textile trader , and founder and first director of the ethnographic museum in zagreb .
berger was born on 25 february 1858 in mnešice , nové mesto nad váhom , in present-day slovakia .
when he lost his parents at 16 years of age , berger moved to zagreb .
as a textile merchant and manufacturer , berger presented the products of croatian industry on 96 exhibitions across the europe , united states and australia .
over the course of his business travels around croatia and kingdom of yugoslavia , he amassed a collection of ethnographic artefacts .
the biggest portion of textile artefacts in his collection - such as weavings and lace items - berger had collcted in the posavina region .
in 1919 , berger founded the ethnographic museum in zagreb , featuring over 8,000 textile items from his collections , titled `` the land collection of salamon berger '' .
he also served as museum 's first director until 1925 , when he retired and was named honorary director .
berger died in zagreb in 1934 and was buried at mirogoj cemetery .
