About Žarko Zrenjanin
Lived 1902 – 1942 (aged 40). Žarko Zrenjanin was a Yugoslav and Austrian teacher, revolutionary, politician, military personnel and partisan.
Žarko Zrenjanin "Uča" (, ; 11 September 1902 – 4 November 1942) was a Yugoslav partisan and National Hero of Yugoslavia. The city of Zrenjanin, in Serbia, is named after him, since 1946.
Zrenjanin was born in Izbistye, Kingdom of Hungary (today Izbište, Serbia). He became a leader of the Vojvodina Communists and when World War II began, the Partisans. Zrenjanin endured torture and months of incarceration by the Nazis during the Second World War. He was released and later killed in Pavliš while trying to escape recapture.
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Who was Žarko Zrenjanin?
Yugoslav partisan (1902-1942)
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Žarko Zrenjanin was born on 11 September 1902 in Izbište.
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Žarko Zrenjanin died on 4 November 1942 in Pavliš.
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Žarko Zrenjanin was a teacher, revolutionary, politician, military personnel and partisan.
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Žarko Zrenjanin was Yugoslav and Austrian.
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