Memorial to Estonian soldiers who fell in the Latvian War of Independence
Memorial site

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The monument to the Brothers' Grave of Estonian soldiers who fell in the Latvian Liberation War. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
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 Mazsalaca, Valmieras nov., Latvia
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Located on the banks of the Salaca River, near the cemetery, Upes Street 3a.

The graves were first consecrated in June 1927. In the spring of 1936, at the suggestion of the local guard organization, a grave mound was created, where two unknown Estonian soldiers were reburied. The graves were consecrated on August 16, 1936. During both the German and Soviet occupations, the grave mound stood abandoned, surrounded by linden trees.

The Estonian Ministry of Defence, in cooperation with the Latvian Ministry of Defence and the Committee for the Mass Graves, accepted the Latvian side's proposal to concentrate all individual burials of fallen Estonian soldiers in Mazsalac, a place where an ensemble with the burials of 2 Estonian soldiers had already been established after the War of Independence.

On June 18, 2013, the opening of the Brothers' Grave monument to Estonian soldiers who fell in the Latvian Liberation War took place in this cemetery. The monument was made of Saaremaa dolomite by the Estonian company Dolokivi OÜ after the design of SIA Arhitektu birojs Vecumnieks & Bērziņi. The opening was attended by Estonian Minister of Defence Urmas Reinsalu and Latvian Minister of Defence Artis Pabriks.
On November 11, 2015, 10 new reburials of unknown soldiers who fell in the Battles of Freedom were consecrated at the Estonian Soldiers' Brotherhood Cemetery.

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 Struggle. Riga: NIMS, 1999
http://manasvietas.blogspot.com/2020/01/mazsalacas-igaunu-karaviru-bralu-kapi.html

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