Anka Butorac Explained

Anka Butorac
Birth Date:27 August 1903
Birth Place:Donje Pazarište, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Kostajnica, NDH
Allegiance:Communist Party of Yugoslavia (since 1924)
Battles:World War II
Spouse:Blagoje Parović

Anka Butorac (1903 – January 19, 1942) was a Croatian communist who died in World War II and was proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia.

Anka Butorac was born in Lika, Croatia. She joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and the Partisans and was killed by the Croatian fascist Ustasha in Kostajnica.

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