About Josip Kraš
Lived 1900 – 1941 (aged 41). Josip Kraš was a Yugoslav miner, resistance fighter and communist.
Josip Kraš (26 March 1900 – 18 October 1941) was a Croatian communist and partisan who died in World War II and was proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia.
Kraš was born in the village of Vuglovec (near Ivanec and Lepoglava) to a poor family of a miner Valent Kraš and his wife Bara (née Videc). He joined the workers' movement after World War I and became a trade union activist.
Because of his political work, he was incarcerated eleven times up to 1940, and after that when Nazi Germany invaded Yugoslavia in 1941, he went underground. He was killed by Ustaše the same year in Karlovac, age 41, as one of the early organizers of the partisan units in the region.
Posthumously he was awarded the title of people's hero, and the municipality of Ivanec made his house in Vuglovec a memorial museum in 1965. The confectionery factory Kraš in Zagreb is named after him.
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Who was Josip Kraš?
Yugoslav partisan (1900-1941)
When was Josip Kraš born?
Josip Kraš was born on 26 March 1900 in Vuglovec.
When did Josip Kraš die?
Josip Kraš died on 18 November 1941 in Karlovac.
What was Josip Kraš's occupation?
Josip Kraš was a miner, resistance fighter and communist.
What nationality was Josip Kraš?
Josip Kraš was Yugoslav.
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