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Djuro Palaic was born in Ruma, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, on July 24, 1937. His parents, Stjepan and Marija Palaic (nee Bencic) were peasants that lived on Hrvatski Breg. Stjepan served in Croatian Home Guard during World War 2. Djuro was expelled from the Socialist Omladina in 1955 for defending the right of another woman to attend Christmas Mass.After graduating from high school, Djuro went to medical school in Zagreb, Croatia in the fall of 1956. He graduated first in his class from the Medical Faculty of the University of Zagreb in 1961. He served military dutyin the JNA in Kragujevac and Smederevo from 1961 to 1962. He then completed his medical internship in University hospitals in Zagreb. He married Vera Milobara on September, 7, 1963. He entered the Phd program at Ruder Boskovic Research Institute in Zagreb.