What ethnicity was Broz's mother? Josip Broz was born on 7 May 1892 in Kumrovec, in the northern Croatian region of Hrvatsko Zagorje in Austria-Hungary.[nb 1] He was the seventh child of Franjo and Marija Broz. His father, Franjo Broz (26 November 1860 – 16 December 1936), was a Croat, while his mother Marija (25 March 1864 – 14 January 1918), was a Slovene. His parents were married on 21 January 1891. After spending part of his childhood years with his maternal grandfather Martin Javeršek in the Slovenian village of Podsreda, he entered primary school in 1900 at Kumrovec, he failed the 2nd grade and graduated in 1905. In 1907 he moved out of the rural environment and started working as a machinist's apprentice in Sisak. There, he became aware of the labour movement and celebrated 1 May – Labour Day for the first time. In 1910, he joined the union of metallurgy workers and at the same time the Social-Democratic Party of Croatia and Slavonia. Between 1911 and 1913, Broz worked for shorter periods in Kamnik (1911–1912, factory "Titan"), Cenkov, Munich and Mannheim, where he worked for the Benz car factory; then he went to Wiener Neustadt, Austria, and worked as a test driver for Daimler.
What ethnicity was Broz's mother? Jo Broz was born on 7 May 1892 in Kumrovec, in the northern Croatian region of Hrvatsko Zagorje, in Austria-Hungary. [ nb 1 ] They were the seventh child of Franjo and Marija Broz. Their father, Franjo Broz (26 November 1860 – 16 December 1936), was a Croat, while thier mother, Marija (25 March 1864 – 14 January 1918), was a Slovene. Broz's parents were married on 21 January 1891. After spending part of their childhood years with their maternal grandfather, Martin Javeršek, in the Slovenian village of Podsreda, Broz entered primary school in 1900 at Kumrovec. They failed the 2nd grade and graduated in 1905. In 1907, they moved out of the rural environment and started working as a machinist's apprentice in Sisak. There, Broz became aware of the labour movement and celebrated 1 May – Labour Day for the first time. In 1910, they joined the union of metallurgy workers and at the same time the Social-Democratic Party of Croatia and Slavonia. Between 1911 and 1913, Broz worked for shorter periods in Kamnik (1911–1912, factory "Titan"), Cenkov, Munich and Mannheim, where they worked for the Benz car factory; then they went to Wiener Neustadt, Austria, and worked as a test driver for Daimler.

