Lepa Svetozara Radić (Serbian Cyrillic: Лепа Светозара Радић; 19 December 1925 – 8 February 1943) was a Yugoslav Partisan and communist of Serbian origin who was awarded the Order of the People's Hero in 1951 for her role in the resistance movement against the Axis powers in the Second World War—becoming the youngest ...

2018年4月26日 · In February 1943, Lepa Radić was captured while organizing a rescue of some 150 women and children seeking refuge from the Axis. She attempted to protect her charges by firing at the attacking Nazi SS forces with a barrage of her remaining ammunition.

Lepa Radić was sentenced to execution for the crime of firing at Nazi soldiers. Just a few short days after her capture, Lepa Radić was led to a set of hastily constructed gallows to be hanged. The Nazis looped the noose around the neck of the 17-year-old Lepa while she called out to the gathered crowd,

2023年11月12日 · A symbol of a youthful sense of justice, Lepa Radic died at the hands of the Nazis. Despite taking her life, they did not take away her spirit. But, who was Lepa Radic, and what made this 17-year-old girl a symbol of resistance against aggression?

2025年1月21日 · Lepa Radić was a teenage woman who fought with Partisans against the Nazi occupation of Yugoslavia.

2020年10月22日 · Lepa Radić joined the Yugoslavian Partisans when she was just 15 years old. For two years, she fought Nazi oppression until the Nazis captured and executed her. But her actions inspired her people, and her heroism is still remembered today.

2022年9月10日 · Lepa Radic was just a 17-year-old Yugoslavian girl when she was hanged by the Nazis for being a Partisan in 1943. This extraordinarily brave girl had joined the Yugoslav Partisans in the fight against their Nazi oppressors in World War II, and taken on the most dangerous assignments.

2023年10月16日 · Lepa Radić, born on December 19, 1925, in Gašnica, near Bosanska Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina, is a revered figure known for her valiant efforts in the Yugoslav resistance during World War II.

Lepa was found out in February 1943, coordinating the rescue of 150 women and children attempting to flee the Nazis. She fired everything she had at attacking SS forces but never had a chance. Lepa Radić was captured and sentenced to death by hanging, tortured for three days to extract information on Yugoslavian Resistance.

Lepa Svetozara Radić (Serbian Cyrillic language: Лепа Светозара Радић 19 December 1925 – February 1943) was a Bosnian Serb member of the Yugoslav Partisans during World War II in Yugoslavia who was posthumously awarded the Order of the People's Hero on 20 December 1951, for her role in the...