Antun Blažić (28 May 1916September 1943) was a

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ish Ha-Kol (Glasilo Židovske zajednice u Hrvatskoj); Židovi u antifašističkom pokretu; stranica 38; broj 109, ožujak / travanj / svibanj 2009.

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and

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. Blažić was born in

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on 28 May 1916. In 1941, Blažić become a member of the

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. During

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, he was actively involved in the organization of the

Ludbreg Ludbreg is a town in Croatia, located halfway between Varaždin and Koprivnica near the river Drava. It has 3,603 inhabitants, and a total of 8,478 in the entire municipality (census 2011). History For centuries Ludbreg has been a popular plac ...

region uprising. In the summer of 1941, as one of the first in his region, Blažić joined the

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. With Partisans he was a commissioner assistant to a detachment assigned to form the task force in the Ludbreg region. Since 1943, Blažić was member of the

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district committee for

Varaždin Varaždin ( or ; , also known by #Name, alternative names) is a city in Northern Croatia, north-east of Zagreb. The total population is 46,946, with 38,839 in the city settlement itself (2011). The city is best known for its baroque buildings, ...

. In Varaždin he also helped the Partisan groups organization. Blažić was member of

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. In September 1943, while in village

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, Blažić was attacked by

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. As he was alone, he could not retreat and thus decided to kill himself so he would not be taken alive. On 5 May 1951, Blažić was declared

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