Stjepan Filipović
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Stjepan Filipović (27 January 1916 – 22 May 1942) was a Yugoslav communist who led the Kolubara Company of the Valjevo Partisan Detachment during the 1941 Partisan uprising.[1][2] He was captured and executed in 1942 in Valjevo. A photo of him taken shortly before his execution became a symbol of resistance against fascism in the Second World War, and was, among others, exhibited in the United Nations building in New York.[3] He was proclaimed People's Hero of Yugoslavia in 1949.
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Stjepan Filipović | |
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Born | (1916-01-27)27 January 1916 |
Died | 22 May 1942(1942-05-22) (aged 26) |
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
Nationality | Yugoslav |
Honours | Order of the People's Hero |
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