Monument to the sons of Dzukste and Slampe congregations killed in World War I and Latvian Liberation Battle
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Monument to the sons of Dzukste and Slampe congregations
Monument to the sons of Dzukste and Slampe congregations
Monument to the fallen soldiers of the Džūkste parish. Workshop of Kārlis Zemdega, 1930s. Source: The digital collection "Lost Latvia" of the National Library of Latvia.
Monument to the fallen soldiers of the Džūkste parish in Džūkste, 1938. Source: Voldemars Eihenbaums archive (published by the Latvian National Library)
View of Džūkste. Džūkste Church was destroyed during World War II, 1930s. Source: National Library of Latvia digital collection "Lost Latvia".
Monument to the sons of Dzukste and Slampe congregations
Monument to the sons of Dzukste and Slampe congregations
Monument to the sons of Dzukste and Slampe congregations
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Monument to the sons of Dzukste and Slampe congregations killed in World War I and Latvian Liberation Battles was unveiled on November 17, 1935. The author is one of the best Latvian sculptors - Karl Zemdega.

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Commemoration of the Heroes in Džūkste. Latvian Soldier. No. 264, 1935.

Vītols, V. The Thinker in Stone. Komunisma Rīts (Tukums). No. 113. 1988.

Ziemelis, V. Dobele region from the tourist's point of view. Dobele City Council publication. 1939.

Straubergs, J., K. Džūkste: History of the parish and the church. Džūkste parish board publication. 1939.

1914 - 1918
I World War I
1918 – 1920
I Wars of Independence

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