Memorial "White cross" in Stopiņi Memorial site

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Memorial "White cross" in Stopiņi
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 Autoceļš V36 "Juglas papīrfabrikas ciemats-Ulbroka" 1.km, Stopiņu pag., Ropažu novads, Latvia
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 Stopiņu tūrisma informācijas centrs
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Located in the forest 50 m from the V36 highway, on the section from the Jugla paper mill village to the P4 highway.

Between February 3, 1941 and March 25, 23 people were buried in four pits at this site. The victims had been shot in the Cheka building in Riga. The exhumation took place on April 27, 1944. At that time, 14 of the buried were identified, and today, as a result of research, all those buried at this site have been identified.
The White Cross was erected at this location on July 12, 1991 as a memorial to the victims of the communist occupation regime. The White Cross was made and erected by the People's Front members and residents of the Stopiņi district. In 1998, a memorial stone made by sculptor Uldis Sterģis with the inscription "To the victims of Russian imperialism 1941" was erected near the White Cross.

The following were buried here: Jānis Bergmanis (1900-1941), Alberts Bļodnieks (1904-1941), Kārlis Goppers (1876-1941), Arveds Laane (1916-1941), Ernests Ošs-Oše (1882-1941), Antons Pacevičs (1901-1941), Jāzeps Pošeiko (1897-1941), Arnolds Smala (1912-1941), Jāzeps Stoļers (1903-1941), Walfrīds Vanks (1888-1941), Zenons Vjaksa (1904-1941), Viktors Kopilovs (1904-1941), Kārlis Prauls (1895-1941), Artūrs Salnājs (1904-1941), Evgenijs Simonovs (1896-1941), Eduards-Verners Anerauds (1897-1941), Efraims Gorons (1910-1941), Pēteris āaksa-Timinskis (1913-1941), Pēteris Melbārdis (1892-1941), Izraels Paļickis (1911-1941), Jānis Priedītis (1897-1941), Jānis-Arnolds Stālmanis (1913-1941), Aleksandrs Weinbergs (1884-1941).

Used sources and references:

https://stopini.lv/lv/novads/turisma-informacija/apskates-objekti