Vera Jocić

Statue of Vera Jocić in the town of Makedonska Kamenica

Vera Jocić (Serbian: Вера Јоцић; Macedonian: Вера Јоциќ; 21 August 1923 – 22 May 1944) was a Yugoslav partisan and People's Hero of Yugoslavia.[1]

She was born in the village of Sindjelić, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, in a Serbian family and fought in the Yugoslav People's Liberation War. She was wounded in Sasa near Kriva Palanka (in the Bulgarian occupation zone of Yugoslavia), where she died.[2] She inspired the famous song "Eyes" by Aco Šopov.

References

  1. ↑ A1 Televizija А1 на денешен ден - 21 August
  2. ↑ Dnevnik Времеплов 1923


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