Vecheslav Holevac ( Horv. Većeslav Holjevac , August 28, 1917 , Karlovac - July 11, 1970 , Zagreb ) - Yugoslav political, military and party leader, participant in the Yugoslav People's Liberation Struggle , People’s Hero of Yugoslavia ; in 1952-1963, he served as mayor of Zagreb [1] . For the duration of his tenure (11 years), he ranks second after Adolf Moshinsky .
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| Predecessor | Mirko Pavlekovich | ||||||||
| Successor | Feather Priker | ||||||||
| Birth | August 22, 1917 Karlovac (town) , Austria-Hungary | ||||||||
| Death | July 11, 1970 (52 years) Zagreb , SFRY | ||||||||
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| Children | Tatyana Holevac | ||||||||
| The consignment | Croatian Communist Party | ||||||||
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Biography
Before the war
Holevac was born on August 22, 1917 in Karlovac. There he graduated from six classes of the gymnasium and later joined the revolutionary labor movement. In 1939, he joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and the following year, on the recommendation of Ivan Marinkovich, he was elected to the district committee of the Communist Party of Croatia for Karlovac, Kordun and Banje. Thanks to his work, Holevac became quite famous in Karlovac. On March 27, 1941, he organized one of the most successful demonstrations in Croatia.
People's Liberation Fight
Immediately after the start of the war in Yugoslavia, Holevac was engaged in organizing youth combat brigades that began their activities in April 1941. As one of the organizers of the Kordun uprising and a member of the Military Committee, Holevac took part in measures to provide the guerrilla army with weapons for the upcoming struggle. In July 1941, he became one of the leaders of the uprising in Kordun. With the first group of Kordunian partisans, Holevac carried out an attack on the gendarme post and was slightly injured during a clash.
In November 1941, Holevac with a detachment of volunteers participated in the operation to liberate partisan Mariana Cavic , who is under arrest in Karlovac hospital. However, it was not possible to save a friend, because he was already transferred from the hospital. In the ensuing battle, the guerrillas killed two Ustashes and several Italian soldiers, losing one man killed and one wounded. The operation caused serious damage to the reputation of the occupying forces.
In November 2010, a group of citizens demanded a criminal case for this attack on the hospital [2] [3] .
At the end of 1941 Holevac was elected political commissar of the People’s Liberation Movement for Kordun and Banje. After that, he served as political commissar, and then as commander of the Second (Zagreb) Operational District. At the end of 1942, he was appointed political commissar of the First Croatian Corps and held this position until the end of the war.
Vecheslav Holevac participated in many battles in Croatia, Bosnia , Slovenia , as well as in the final operations for the liberation of Istria and Trieste . After the liberation of Zagreb on May 8, he was commander of a unit stationed in the city, and then commander of the military administration of the Yugoslav army in Istria. In 1946-1948 Holevac was the head of the SFRY military mission in Berlin .
Post War Career
After demobilization, Holevac was Minister of the newly liberated regions, Minister of Labor in the Federal Government and Minister of Transport of the Socialist Republic of Croatia . In 1948-1952 he served on the Central Committee of the Croatian Communist Party , and in 1952-1963 served as chairman of the City National Assembly of Zagreb and a member of the secretariat of the City Committee of the Union of Communists of Croatia. During his tenure on the Sava River, construction began on New Zagreb, a significant number of important structures were built, including a bridge over the Sava [4] .
With a strong and independent policy, Holevac opposed the Allied Yugoslav government, and after publishing the Declaration on the Name and Position of the Croatian Language in 1967, he was expelled from the Central Committee of the Union of Communists of Croatia.
Holevac was also a member of the fourth convocation of the Croatian Sabor and chairman of the Croatian Immigrant Society; He wrote books “Croats abroad” and “Notes from his native city”.
Vecheslav Holevac died on July 11, 1970 in Zagreb after a serious illness. He was buried in the Tomb of the People’s Heroes in the Zagreb Cemetery of Miroga .
Family
The daughter of Vecheslav Holevac - Tatiana Holevac - Chairman of the Zagreb Assembly. She also participated as an independent candidate in the elections of the head of the city in 2005 and won 6.97% of the vote, taking fourth place [5] .
Awards
July 23, 1951 Holevac was awarded the Order of the National Hero . He was also awarded the Orders of the Partisan Memory, the Partisan Star, For Bravery and other Yugoslav orders.
Memory
One of the big streets of Zagreb is named after Vecheslav Holevac. In Zagreb, a monument was erected to the National Hero, and a bust was installed in his native Karlovac. In 2008, Holevac was posthumously awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Zagreb [6] .
Notes
- ↑ List of governors of Zagreb (Hor.) . The official site of Zagreb. The appeal date is April 27, 2012. Archived September 19, 2012.
- ↑ Klanje je ranjenika iz karlovačke bolnice zločin poput vukovarskog (Croatian) . Večernji list (November 20, 2010). The appeal date is April 27, 2012. Archived September 19, 2012.
- ↑ Veljko Zgurić. Obožavani Holjevac je mučio zarobljene Hrvate (Croatian) . Večernji list (February 10, 2011). The appeal date is April 27, 2012. Archived September 19, 2012.
- Ć Većeslav Holjevac - počasni građanin Grada Zagreba (Croatian) . The official website of Zagreb (February 18, 2009). The appeal date is April 27, 2012. Archived on February 13, 2012.
- ↑ Election Results (Croatian) (pdf). The appeal date is April 27, 2012. Archived September 19, 2012.
- ↑ Od 1990. godine (Republika Hrvatska) (Croatian) . Počasni građanin Grada Zagreba . The official site of Zagreb. The appeal date is April 27, 2012. Archived on February 13, 2012.
Literature
- Zvonimir Milchyts. Zagreb town governors - from Kamauf to Bandic (Croatian) . Zagreb.hr. - The official site of Zagreb. The appeal date is April 27, 2012. Archived May 16, 2012.
- The people of Narodni are heroes of Angola. - Beograd: Mladost, 1975.