LKOK captain Pauls Zolta's individual burial in Mazsalaca cemetery
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The cemetery of Mazsalaca is located
The individual burial of Captain Paul Zolt (1880-1919) can be seen.
On September 9, 1934, a black granite tombstone with a text was unveiled on Zolta's grave.
The name of Captain Zolt is also engraved in a monument in Kaugurciems, where a total of six soldiers of the 2nd or Student Zolt Company of the Separate Student Battalion fell in the battle of May 18, 1919.
Captain Paulis Zolts, commander of the 2nd Company of the Separate Student Battalion of the Latvian Separate Battalion, who fell on Kaugurciems on May 18, 1919, was initially buried in the Brothers' Cemetery near the Ķemeri Lutheran Church. On May 18, 1920, his remains were exhumed and transported to Mazsalaca, where the family was buried in a cemetery on May 25.
Used sources and references:
Lismanis, J. 1915-1920. In memory of battles and fallen soldiers: memorial sites of the First World War and the Latvian Liberation Fight. Riga: NIMS, 1999
https://www.sargs.lv/lv/latvijas-neatkaribas-kars/2019-05-23/1919-gada-18-maija-kauja-kaugurciema
