Rajka Baković, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rajka Baković

Date of Birth: 23-Sep-1920

Place of Birth: Oruro, Oruro Department, Bolivia

Date of Death: 29-Dec-1941

Profession: student, political activist

Nationality: Croatia, Bolivia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Rajka Bakovic (September 2, 1920 – December 29, 1941) was a Croatian student and a member of the anti-fascist resistance movement in the Nazi-puppet state of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH).
She and her sister, Zdenka (collectively known as the Bakovic sisters), used their family newsstand at Nikoliceva Street No.
7 in Zagreb as a central hub for the connection of members of the resistance at the beginning of World War II. The Ustasha Surveillance Service (UNS) arrested Rajka and her sister and tortured them for five days.
Rajka was taken to the hospital on December 24, 1941, while Zdenka, distraught after finding out Rajka had been taken away, died after throwing herself out of a window.
Rajka died on December 29, 1941, as a result of injuries sustained during torture.
She was honored as a People's Hero of Yugoslavia.