Memorial stone in Ilzen near the houses of "Sarvu" and "Melļ"
Memorial site
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Located in Ilzene Parish, Alūksne District.
The memorial stone was unveiled on September 28, 2018. Akmeņkalis Ainārs Zelčs.
From the autumn of 1944, the inhabitants of these Ilzene parish houses supported the national partisans led by Voldemar Anderson ("Old"), whose bunker was located in a thicket near the forest. On November 23, 1945, the bunker was surrounded by NKVD soldiers. Nine fighters were killed in the battle. After it, 2 machine guns, 14 submachine guns, 11 rifles, 10 pistols, 3,500 rounds, 45 grenades, 4 binoculars were found. The destruction of Voldemar Anderson's group was planned in the case of the Czech agency "Chain" ("Цепь").
The group consisted of Voldemārs Pāvels Andersons (“Old”), Gaston Dzelzkalējs, Voldemārs Tonnis, Centis Eizāns, Osvalds Kalējs, Jānis Koemets, Stāvais (“Polis”), Voldemārs Rappa, Eduards Rappa, Elmārs Rappa (survived).
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In 2015, Dzidra Mazika, the head of the club “Sarma”, politically repressed in Alūksne and Ape counties, and the members of the club updated the research of the activities of the members of the national resistance movement in Alūksne and Ape counties. During the cycle of this event, partisan locations were explored, photos and videos were recorded, eyewitness records were recorded, and these sites were cleaned up and commemorated. Active participants in the identification of the activities of the National Resistance Movement were: Dzidra Mazika, the leader of the club “Sarma” of the politically repressed Alūksne and Ape region; historian Astrīda Ievedniece, veterans and commander of the 31st National Guard Battalion Juris Ločs, as well as Alūksne municipality.
