Jože Lacko slovenski partizan in narodni heroj, rojen 17. novembra 1894 v Kicarju, umrl 18. avgusta 1942, Ptuj.
Jože Lacko se je rodil v siromašni družini v Kicarju (GC3A2AT) pri Ptuju, po končani osnovni šoli si je najprej služil kruh pri večjih kmetih v domači okolici. V prvi svetovni vojni je bil avstro-ogrski vojak na soški fronti. Po vojni se je preselil v Novo vas pri Ptuju in se zaposlil v želežniških delavnicah v Ptuju. V komunistično stranko je bil sprejet leta 1932, od takrat je ves čas aktivno politično deloval v takratnem ptujskem srezu. Njegovo delo je bilo pridobivanje mladih za takratno komunistično idejo. Zaradi aktivne politične dejavnosti so kraljeve oblasti Lacka januarja 1941 internirale v vojaško taborišče v Medžimurju, kjer je ostal do napada na Jugoslavijo. Še pred kapitulacijo starojugoslovanske vojske se je pridružil vojaškim prostovoljcem s Ptuja in okolice, ki so ga izbrali za svojega komandanta. Skupina prostovoljcev je krenila proti Novem mestu, kjer jih je dohitela informacija o kapitulaciji kraljeve vojske, zato se je skupina razšla.
Oktobra leta 1941 je z antifašistično usmerjenimi Ptujčani ustanovil odbor Osvobodilne fronte v Ptuju. Novembra istega leta ga je začela intenzivno iskati nemška okupatorska policija, zato je živel in delal v ilegali.
Prvo partizansko četo v Slovenskih goricah so ustanovili v začetku leta 1942, ter jo poimenovali po Jožetu Lacku, sam pa se je pridružil šele 7. avgusta, vendar mu partizansko življenje ni bilo dolgo usojeno. Že naslednji dan so Nemci četo obkolili v Mostju pri Ptuju in jo uničili; le trije borci so se uspeli rešiti iz obroča, med njimi je bil tudi Jože Lacko, ki se je nato skril pri nekem kmetu, kateri ga je že po dveh dneh izdal Nemcem. Zaprli so ga v Ptujske zapore, kjer so ga pretepali in mučili; tam je tudi zaradi posledic mučenja umrl 18. avgusta 1942.
Jožeta Lacka so za narodnega heroja proglasili 21. decembra 1951.
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Jože Lacko, Slovenian partisan and national hero, was born on 17th November 1894 in Kicar, died 18th August 1942 in Ptuj.
Jože Lacko was born in a poor family in Kicar (GC3A2AT) near Ptuj, after finishing primary school, he first worked with larger farmers in near his home. He was the Austro-Hungarian soldier on the Isonzo front in the First World War. After the war he moved to Nova vas in Ptuj and worked at the railway in Ptuj. In Communist Party was accepted in 1932 and since then he was constantly active in political work at Ptuj srez. His work was getting young people to join the communist idea. Due to political activity he was interned in military camps in Međimurje by royal order in January 1941, where he remained until attack on Yugoslavia. Even before the capitulation of the old Yugoslavian army he joined the army of volunteers from Ptuj region, where he was selected for their commander. A group of volunteers marched against Novo Mesto, where they caught up with the information about the capitulation of the royal army, and the group broke up.
In October 1941, he and other the anti-fascist oriented citizens set up a committee Liberation Front in Ptuj. In November of the same year occupying German police began an intensive search to find him, that is why he lived and worked in the underground.
The first partisan detachment in Slovenske gorice were formed in early 1942 and named after Jože Lacko, he joined it on 7th August, but the partisan life was not meant to be long. The next day, the Germans surrounded the squad in Mostje near Ptuj, and destroyed it, only three fighters managed to escaped. Jože Lacko was one of them, he hided himself at farmer, who betrayed him to Germans after two days. He was arrested and taken to Ptuj prisons, where he was beaten and tortured. He died 18 August 1942 because of torturing.
Jože Lacko was proclaimed as a national hero 21st December 1951.
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