Žarko Zrenjanin

Žarko Zrenjanin
Birth name	Žarko Zrenjanin
Nickname(s)	Uča
Born	(1902-09-11)11 September 1902 Izbistye, Kingdom of Hungary (today Izbište, Serbia)
Died	4 November 1942(1942-11-04) (aged 40) Pavliš, Serbia
Allegiance	Yugoslav partisans
Years of service	1941–1942
Awards	People's Hero of Yugoslavia

Žarko Zrenjanin "Uča" (Serbian Cyrillic: Жарко Зрењанин, pronounced [ʒǎːrkɔ zrɛ̌ɲanin ǔːt͡ʃa]; 11 September 1902 – 4 November 1942) was a partisan and National Hero of Yugoslavia. The city of Zrenjanin, in Serbia, is named after him, since 1946.

Zrenjanin was born in Izbište. 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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  Monument of Žarko Zrenjanin in Zrenjanin, built in 1952

References

• Zrenjanin Žive Žarko Uča at znaci.net