Andrija Konc (10 November 1919 in Sombor – 1945 in Bjelovar) was one of the most popular Croatian singers of the early 1940s. He mostly performed schlager songs. Konc was schooled in Bjelovar and in Zagreb where he was a member of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb chorus, but decided to start a career as performer. He frequently performed on

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(later known as ''Hrvatski Krugoval''). Ljubo Kuntarić composed for Konc the song "Ti i ne slutiš" for Konc in 1943 which was a hit. From 1939 to 1945, Konc was a star singer for Radio Zagreb and recorded around 60 records for the station, for such labels as Edison Bell Penkala (Zagreb), Patria (Budapest) and Elektron (Zagreb). Konc's last public performance was on 23 April 1945. In 1945, he was taken by the

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's Kanal camp. After being released from the camp, Konc went to his hometown of Bjelovar, where he vanished and believed to be killed by

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near Bjelovar. Most of Konc's recordings were destroyed in communist

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. Since democratic reforms in Croatia Konc's legacy has been revived.Andrija Konc kod Ivančica

References

*''Tko je tko u NDH''. "Andrija Konc". Minerva. Zagreb, 1997. 1919 births 1945 deaths Musicians from Sombor 20th-century Croatian male singers Yugoslav male singers People executed by Yugoslavia Croatian civilians killed in World War II {{Croatia-bio-stub