Anka Butorac

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{{Infobox military person

| name = Anka Butorac

| image = Butorac Anka.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|1903|08|27}}

| birth_place = Donje Pazarište, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary

| death_place = Kostajnica, NDH

| death_date = {{death date and age|1942|01|22|1903|08|27}}

| allegiance = Communist Party of Yugoslavia (since 1924)

| battles = World War II

| alma_mater =

| spouse = Blagoje 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.

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Category:1900s births

Category:1942 deaths

Category:Croatian people of World War II

Category:Women in the Yugoslav Partisans

Category:Yugoslav communists

Category:Yugoslav Partisans members

Category:Recipients of the Order of the People's Hero

Category:Yugoslav military personnel killed in World War II