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Štefan Kovač - Marko

Prekmurje Resistance Movement leader

Stefan Kovač was born on August 28, 1910 in Nedelica. Before World War II he was the leader of the Slovenian Communist Party in Prekmurje. After the Hungarian occupation of the Prekmurje in April 1941, he became the leader of the Prekmurje Resistance Movement, which was established in 1941 in Prekmurje Region and carried out smaller actions. Kovač played a multifaceted role in the resistance movement. In addition to leading and organizing the Resistance Movement, he propagated leaflets and took part in field operations. On October 18, 1941, due to treason, he was killed in a raid by the Hungarian police in the forest near Gančani.

Information on digitization

Name of site

Nedelica

Other settlement names

Zorkóháza

Place and date of birth

Nedelica, 28.08.1910

Place and date of death

Gančani, 18.10.1941

Written sources

Novak, D., Orešnik, I. in Štricl, I., 1985. Pomniki NOB v Slovenskih goricah in v Prekmurju. Murska Sobota: Pomurska založba.

Liška, J., 1970. Portreti narodnih herojev. V: Iz veka v vek, iz roda v rod krvi gre tek, duh išče pot: Petdeset let gimnazije v Murski Soboti. Murska Sobota: Skupščina občine. Str. 15-21.

File name

PMMS_081_E_001

Resolution

300 dpi

Restrictions on use

Brez omejitev

Date of documentation

2020-02-04

Person documenting

Tadeja Andrejek

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