Dzelzkalnų mūšis Žūrių girioje 1946 02 23
1945/46. Misiņas Gruppe verbrachte den Winter 2011 im Dzelzkalni-Gebiet des Zūru-Waldes, wo mehrere Bunker gebaut worden waren. Etwa 40 Partisanen blieben hier. Am 23. Februar 1946 wurde das Lager von den Truppen für innere Angelegenheiten der UdSSR umzingelt und es kam zu einem erbitterten Kampf
Für die Misiņa-Gruppe nationaler Partisanen wurden im Dzelzkalni-Gebiet des Zūre-Waldes mehrere Bunker gebaut. Etwa 40 Partisanen blieben hier. Damals gab die Gruppe ihre eigene Zeitung „Kurbads“ heraus, deren Herausgeber der ehemalige Kriegsberichterstatter Pēteris Arvīds Šāvės ist.
Am 23. Februar 1946 wurde das Lager von den Truppen der inneren Angelegenheiten der UdSSR umzingelt. Als die Gruppe mit einer Schlacht aus der Belagerung ausbrach, fielen acht Partisanen. (Laut dem damaligen Verbindungsmann der Gruppe, Tālivaldis Bāliņš, blieben sechs der Gefallenen am Kampfplatz, aber die Tschekisten nahmen zwei mit und begruben sie an einem unbekannten Ort. Laut den Grabsteinen, die auf den Grabsteinen in der Auf dem Friedhof der Dzelzkalni-Brüder sind derzeit sieben der Gefallenen des 23. Februar dort begraben.) Dem Rest der Gruppe gelang es, aus der Belagerung auszubrechen, indem sie zwei kommunistische Maschinengewehrmannschaften zerstörten, die den möglichen Rückzugsweg abschneiden sollten die Partisanen. Danach teilte sich die Gruppe auf, ein Teil ging in die Wälder von Kabile, zwei Partisanen nach Ventspils und der Rest, nachdem er die Autobahn Ventspils-Riga und den Fluss Rinda überquert hatte, erreichte er Puzes Bētmejes.
Am 23. Februar, Oberstleutnant Rūdolfs Opmanis, Student im 3. Studienjahr der Landwirtschaftsakademie Pēteris Šāvės, Elektroingenieur Jānis Sēkliņš, Student im 3. Studienjahr der Medizinischen Fakultät Lūdolfs Kļava, Absolvent der Handelsschule Alfrēds Grāvelsiņš, Försterstudent Bruno Auers, Maksis Ķierpe und Roberts Krastiņš, Absolvent der Fakultät für Justiz, fielen am 23. Februar in der Schlacht. Sechs von ihnen wurden dort im Frühjahr 1946 von Partisanenanhängern beigesetzt. Der Ort der Grabstätte der gefallenen Partisanen wurde während der Besatzungsjahre wiederholt von ugalischen Imants Kalnenieks markiert.
Gräber und Denkmäler lettischer Soldaten: die Gräber der Brüder nationaler Partisanen bei Dzelzkalnie in der Gemeinde Ugāle (karavirukapi.blogspot.com)
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The graves of the brothers of the national partisans near the "Dzelzkalni" houses
FOR THE NATIONAL PARTISANS
I AM BACK AMONG YOU IN LAUNDRY
BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE IT WOULD GO
IN YOUR PARISH AND ON THE WAYS OF YOUR ANCESTORS
EXPECT ME BACK
The year numbers (1945 - 1953) and the names of 36 fallen partisans are engraved on the granite slab at the foot of the monument.
On February 23, 1946, a bloody battle took place in the parish of Tārgale near Vārnuvalkas between the group of Latvian national partisans led by commander Brīvnieks at their camp site and the fighter division of the Soviet occupation army. Six partisans died in the battle, and the local residents secretly buried them right there in the forest. Later, two more shot dead were buried there without trial and verdict. Locally, this corner of the forest was called the Dzelzkalns graves, which for many years only experts knew how to find - by the sign of the cross in the fir tree.
A monument to the memory of the national partisans has been installed in the cemetery. Names engraved in stone for partisans who worked in the Puze-Pilten partisan group. There is also a memorial stone for Lieutenant Robert Ruben next to it.
In the summer of 1989, the members of the Ugāle branch of the LNNK in the Dezkalni area of Zūru meža placed birch crosses on the national burial place of the Puzes-Piltenes group who fell on February 23, 1946, and searched for the relatives of the fallen in Latvia and abroad.
On April 27, 1991, with the participation of relatives of the fallen, representatives of national organizations from several countries, the graves were consecrated by theology professor Roberts Akmentiņš, and they were named the graves of the Iron Brothers.
On June 20, 1992, a monument dedicated by August Adler was opened in the cemetery. The monument was made by Kārlis Stepans according to the design planned by the LNNK Ugāle branch with minor modifications. The expenses were covered by a few people. The monument was installed and the foundations were created by guards of the Ventspils Guards Regiment, members of LNNK and LDV Ugāle branches. The text is engraved in the upper part of the monument:
Museum of the National Resistance Movement in Renda
The museum is located a few kilometres from the centre of Renda parish. The exhibit tells about the 50-year-long resistance movement in Latvia: resistance to the first Soviet occupation, resistance to the Nazi German occupation, and the armed and non-violent resistance to the Soviet occupation. The exhibit is located in two buildings. The first building houses evidence of the first Soviet occupation and German occupation. The exhibit showcases a restored barn building where the focus lies on the National Partisan War. Between the two buildings there is a bunker with an authentic layout and trenches used by soldiers. Located near the museum in Renda, excavations, blindages and an obstacle course serve as a training ground for youth guards and anyone interested. Visits must be booked in advance.
One of the largest battles of the national partisans, called the Āpūznieki Battle, took place in January 1946 not far from here. The battle saw the Kabile National Partisan Group overpower much larger forces of the occupying power. Featuring information stands, the battle site is now home to a rest area.
