Rade Končar
Rade Končar (born August 6, 1911 in Končarev Kraj , today part of the municipality of Plitvička Jezera , Croatia ; † May 22, 1942 in Šibenik ) was a Yugoslav politician and partisan .
He became a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1934 and worked as a machinist for an energy company in Belgrade . In 1936 he was imprisoned for his political activities, after his release he moved to Zagreb . There he was employed by Jugoslovensko Siemens dd and built up a party organization of the KPJ in the company. In 1939 he became general secretary of the Croatian National Association of the CPJ . In 1940 he became a member of the Politburo of the CPJ.
After the German invasion in 1941 , he organized the armed resistance and went to Split on the Italian-occupied Dalmatian coast . There he made several attacks on the occupation forces and collaborators . On November 17, 1941, he was caught by the Organizzazione di Vigilanza e Repressione dell'Antifascismo and sentenced to death .
literature
- Dragutin Šćukanec, Končar, Rade , in: Enciklopedija Jugoslavije , 1st edition, Volume 5, 1962, p. 300
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Končar, Rade |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav politician and partisan |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Končarev Kraj , today to Plitvička Jezera |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 22, 1942 |
| Place of death | Šibenik |