The most famous action which Holjevac commanded in 1941, happened on November 17 in Karlovac. He was in command of the platoon whose assignment was to liberate partisan Marijan Čavić, who was wounded by Ustashe, captured and set to healthcare in Karlovac hospital. Holjevac's platoon was redressed in Homeguard 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.[1]
After the war Holjevac served in many important posts in Tito's Yugoslavia.
For his war service he received the title of People's Hero of Yugoslavia on Jul 23, 1951. The following year he was named mayor of Zagreb, 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 Novi Zagreb. He also successfully lobbied for establishment of Zagreb trade fair.
većeslav, holjevac, august, 1917, july, 1970, croatian, yugoslav, soldier, communist, politician, 36th, mayor, zagrebin, office, 1952, 1963preceded, bymirko, pavlekovićsucceeded, bypero, pirkerpersonal, detailsborn, 1917, august, 1917karlovac, kingdom, croatia. Veceslav Holjevac 22 August 1917 11 July 1970 was a Croatian and Yugoslav soldier and communist politician Veceslav Holjevac36th Mayor of ZagrebIn office 1952 1963Preceded byMirko PavlekovicSucceeded byPero PirkerPersonal detailsBorn 1917 08 22 22 August 1917Karlovac Kingdom of Croatia Slavonia Austria HungaryDied11 July 1970 1970 07 11 aged 52 Zagreb SR Croatia SFR YugoslaviaThe bust of Veceslav Holjevac in Karlovac Holjevac was born in Karlovac at the time in Austria Hungary He joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1939 1 Following the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia and establishment of Independent State of Croatia Holjevac was active in resistance movement and in July 1941 he was one of the founders of Partisan units in Kordun and Banovina regions of Croatia He served as political commissar of Partisan units in that region including the 4th Croatian Corps until the end of war The most famous action which Holjevac commanded in 1941 happened on November 17 in Karlovac He was in command of the platoon whose assignment was to liberate partisan Marijan Cavic who was wounded by Ustashe captured and set to healthcare in Karlovac hospital Holjevac s platoon was redressed in Homeguard uniforms so they entered Karlovac without problems Unfortunately Cavic 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 1 After the war Holjevac served in many important posts in Tito s Yugoslavia For his war service he received the title of People s Hero of Yugoslavia on Jul 23 1951 The following year he was named mayor of Zagreb 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 Novi Zagreb He also successfully lobbied for establishment of Zagreb trade fair Holjevac died in 1970 in Zagreb His daughter Tatjana Holjevac used his legacy to launch her own political career during the 2005 local elections in Zagreb A major thoroughfare of Zagreb Veceslav Holjevac Avenue is named after Veceslav Holjevac References Edit a b Narodni heroji Jugoslavije PDF 1975 p 167 Archived from the original PDF on 28 July 2011 Preceded byMirko Pavlekovic Mayor of Zagreb1952 1963 Succeeded byPero Pirker Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Veceslav Holjevac amp oldid 1129496507, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
