Prof.dr.sc. Rikard Lang (February 22, 1913 – September 16, 1994) was prominent Croatian university professor, lawyer and economist. Lang was born to a notable Jewish family, of Ignjat and Terezija Lang, in Vinkovci on February 22, 1913. His father was president of the Jewish community Vinkovci and his mother was a housewife. Lang finished elementary and high school in Vinkovci. He attended and graduated from the University of Zagreb's Faculty of Law in 1936. During his study he joined the leftist movement in Zagreb. During World War II, from 1941 to 1945, Lang joined and fought with the Partisans. His parents were killed at the Jasenovac concentration camp during the Holocaust. After the war he was employed at the University of Zagreb's Faculty of Law as associate professor. Lang initiated