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 (Gazi Baba Municipality, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes), 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 during the war.[2] She is mentioned in 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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