148:
28:
220:
uniforms, so they entered
Karlovac without problems. Unfortunately, Čavić was taken from hospital before their arrival, so the assignment was not completely executed. However, this action made a high impression within the population of Karlovac and neighbouring places.
265:
374:
314:
63:
379:
288:
254:
217:
235:, a post he held until 1963. As such, he is credited with many important construction projects that modernised the city, most notably the creation of
197:
units in Kordun and
Banovina regions of Croatia. He served as political commissar of Partisan units in that region, including the
384:
364:
228:
198:
295:
359:
182:
190:
258:
186:
107:
369:
321:
40:
194:
193:, Holjevac was active in resistance movement and in July 1941 he was one of the founders of
354:
349:
216:, captured and set to healthcare in Karlovac hospital. Holjevac's platoon was redressed in
8:
209:
204:
The most famous action which
Holjevac commanded in 1941, happened on November 17 in
147:
178:
111:
135:
343:
224:
After the war, Holjevac served in many important posts in Tito's
Yugoslavia.
208:. He was in command of the platoon whose assignment was to liberate partisan
331:
240:
236:
75:
27:
131:
167:
205:
174:
152:
103:
213:
247:
232:
163:
127:
257:
used his legacy to launch her own political career during the
231:
on Jul 23, 1951. The following year he was named mayor of
239:. He also successfully lobbied for establishment of
341:
283:
281:
278:
227:For his war service he received the title of
375:Recipients of the Order of the People's Hero
380:League of Communists of Croatia politicians
26:
146:
342:
162:(22 August 1917 – 11 July 1970) was a
294:. 1975. p. 167. Archived from
13:
268:is named after Većeslav Holjevac.
170:soldier and communist politician.
14:
396:
151:The bust of Većeslav Holjevac in
264:A major thoroughfare of Zagreb,
259:2005 local elections in Zagreb
1:
271:
183:Communist Party of Yugoslavia
289:"Narodni heroji Jugoslavije"
191:Independent State of Croatia
7:
385:Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery
229:People's Hero of Yugoslavia
187:Axis invasion of Yugoslavia
108:Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
10:
401:
365:Yugoslav Partisans members
328:
319:
311:
246:Holjevac died in 1970 in
141:
117:
90:
85:
81:
69:
57:
46:
38:
34:
25:
18:
266:Većeslav Holjevac Avenue
201:, until the end of war.
185:in 1939. Following the
156:
212:, who was wounded by
189:and establishment of
173:Holjevac was born in
150:
360:People from Karlovac
199:4th Croatian Corps
157:
338:
337:
329:Succeeded by
241:Zagreb trade fair
177:, at the time in
160:Većeslav Holjevac
145:
144:
20:Većeslav Holjevac
392:
370:Mayors of Zagreb
326:1952–1963
315:Mirko Pavleković
312:Preceded by
309:
308:
303:
302:
301:on 28 July 2011.
300:
293:
285:
255:Tatjana Holjevac
181:. He joined the
124:
100:
98:
86:Personal details
72:
64:Mirko Pavleković
60:
51:
30:
16:
15:
400:
399:
395:
394:
393:
391:
390:
389:
340:
339:
334:
325:
322:Mayor of Zagreb
317:
307:
306:
298:
291:
287:
286:
279:
274:
179:Austria-Hungary
126:
122:
112:Austria-Hungary
102:
96:
94:
70:
58:
52:
47:
41:Mayor of Zagreb
21:
12:
11:
5:
398:
388:
387:
382:
377:
372:
367:
362:
357:
352:
336:
335:
330:
327:
318:
313:
305:
304:
276:
275:
273:
270:
143:
142:
139:
138:
136:SFR Yugoslavia
125:(aged 52)
119:
115:
114:
101:22 August 1917
92:
88:
87:
83:
82:
79:
78:
73:
67:
66:
61:
55:
54:
44:
43:
36:
35:
32:
31:
23:
22:
19:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
397:
386:
383:
381:
378:
376:
373:
371:
368:
366:
363:
361:
358:
356:
353:
351:
348:
347:
345:
333:
324:
323:
316:
310:
297:
290:
284:
282:
277:
269:
267:
262:
260:
256:
253:His daughter
251:
249:
244:
242:
238:
234:
230:
225:
222:
219:
215:
211:
210:Marijan Čavić
207:
202:
200:
196:
192:
188:
184:
180:
176:
171:
169:
165:
161:
154:
149:
140:
137:
133:
129:
120:
116:
113:
109:
105:
93:
89:
84:
80:
77:
74:
68:
65:
62:
56:
50:
45:
42:
37:
33:
29:
24:
17:
320:
296:the original
263:
252:
245:
226:
223:
203:
172:
159:
158:
123:(1970-07-11)
121:11 July 1970
71:Succeeded by
48:
355:1970 deaths
350:1917 births
332:Pero Pirker
237:Novi Zagreb
76:Pero Pirker
59:Preceded by
344:Categories
272:References
132:SR Croatia
97:1917-08-22
218:Homeguard
53:1952–1963
49:In office
206:Karlovac
195:Partisan
175:Karlovac
168:Yugoslav
164:Croatian
153:Karlovac
104:Karlovac
214:Ustashe
248:Zagreb
233:Zagreb
128:Zagreb
299:(PDF)
292:(PDF)
39:36th
166:and
118:Died
91:Born
346::
280:^
261:.
250:.
243:.
134:,
130:,
110:,
106:,
155:.
99:)
95:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.