Violeta Yakova, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Bulgarian resistance fighter in WWII
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Place of Birth: Dupnitsa, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria
About Violeta Yakova
- Violeta Yakova or Violeta Jakova (Bulgarian: ??????? ?????; June 2, 1923 in Dupnitsa – June 18, 1944 in Radomir) was a Jewish partisan, member of the Bulgarian Communist Party.
- Jakova, whose nom de guerre was "Ivanka", participated in the assassination of several Nazi and pro-German Bulgarian military officers operational, including the assassination of the chief of the Bulgarian Police, Atanas Pantev and Lieutenant general Hristo Lukov.
- She was persecuted by the Bulgarian security forces, and in June 1944, injured during clashes with police in the city of Radomir, was captured and tortured to death.
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