Anka Butorac

Anka Butorac
Born(1903-08-27)August 27, 1903
DiedJanuary 22, 1942(1942-01-22) (aged 38)
AllegianceCommunist Party of Yugoslavia(since 1924)
ConflictsWorld War II
SpouseBlagoje Parović

Anka Butorac (1903 – January 19, 1942) was a Croatian communist who died in World War II and was proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia.

Anka Butorac was born in Lika, Croatia. She joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and the Partisans and was killed by the Croatian fascist Ustasha in Kostajnica.

Sources

  • Narodni heroji Jugoslavije (National heroes of Yugoslavia). „Mladost“, Belgrade 1975.
  • Heroine Jugoslavije (Heroines of Yugoslavia). „Spektar“, Zagreb 1980.