Stjepan Filipović
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1916-01-27 ) 27 January 1916, Opuzen , Kingdom of Dalmatia , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 22 May 1942 (1942-05-22) (aged 26), Valjevo , German-occupied Serbia
- Cause of death
- Execution by hanging
- Honours
- Order of the People's Hero
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historic site
- Given name
- Stjepan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Place of birth
- Opuzen
- Place of death
- Valjevo
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- League of Communists of Yugoslavia
- Field of work
- resistance during World War II
- Located in
- Mačva District
- Image
- Stjepan Stevo Filipović.jpg
- Work location
- Yugoslavia
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- last words
- Smrt fašizmu, sloboda narodu!
- date of birth
- 1916-01-27
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- name in native language
- Стјепан «Стева» Филиповић
- Commons category
- Stjepan Filipović
- date of death
- 1942-05-22
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Encyclopedic overview
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. 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. He was proclaimed People's Hero of Yugoslavia in 1949.
Biography
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