Dušan Kveder's bust
Bronze Dušan Kveder's bust (born 1915, which you are able to see in the surrounding of Drava tower is a work of Viktor Gojkovič from year 1967. The location of that bust is not coincidental. Drava tower was actually named after him between 1967 and 1992
Who was Dušan Kveder?
Dušan Kveder-Tomaž, slovenian-spain warrior, communist, partisan, general, political commissioner and national hero. Kveder was born on April 9th in Šentjur - he died on March 12 1966 in Beograd.
Dušan Kveder participated in Spanish civil war. After that he was locked up in a France and Germany Lager. In July 1941 he joined to the National Liberation War also known as the Yugoslav front. Later Kveder have become a political commissioner, later the commandant of headquarters of National Liberation War and Partisans detachment of Slovenia.
In his life he achieved a lot of rewards:
National hero order
Partisan star - I. and II. degree order
Order of Merit for the people - I. degree
Brotherhood and unity order - I. degree
Partisan
Order for bravery
Yugoslav flag order - II. degree
Cross order of Grunwalda I. stopnje (Poland)
partizanska spomenica 1941
Bronze Dušan Kveder's bust (born 1915, which you are able to see in the surrounding of Drava tower is a work of Viktor Gojkovič from year 1967. The location of that bust is not coincidental. Drava tower was actually named after him between 1967 and 1992
Who was Dušan Kveder?
Dušan Kveder-Tomaž, slovenian-spain warrior, communist, partisan, general, political commissioner and national hero. Kveder was born on April 9th in Šentjur - he died on March 12 1966 in Beograd.
Dušan Kveder participated in Spanish civil war. After that he was locked up in a France and Germany Lager. In July 1941 he joined to the National Liberation War also known as the Yugoslav front. Later Kveder have become a political commissioner, later the commandant of headquarters of National Liberation War and Partisans detachment of Slovenia.
In his life he achieved a lot of rewards:
National hero order
Partisan star - I. and II. degree order
Order of Merit for the people - I. degree
Brotherhood and unity order - I. degree
Partisan
Order for bravery
Yugoslav flag order - II. degree
Cross order of Grunwalda I. stopnje (Poland)
partizanska spomenica 1941
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