The White Cross - a memorial to fallen soldiers in World War II
Memorial site

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 P79 Ērgļi-Koknese, Madonas nov., Latvia
 +371 64871299
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Located on the right side of the P79 Ērgļi-Koknese highway, 3 km from Ērgļi, opposite the Brothers' Cemetery .

The White Cross is a memorial to the victims of World War II, it was erected in Ērgļi on May 8, 1995, consecrated on July 30. On the cross there is a memorial with the inscription "To the fallen soldiers of World War II".
In 1994, there was a grave marker there with the inscription "We remember the fallen."

Word of mouth has it that Latvian officers of the German army were buried in the LTK on leveled old Swedish burial grounds. No research has been done, so there is no documentary confirmation.

Used sources and references:

Anna Kuzina's book "Once in the Eagles", LNDV Eagle Branch newspaper "Eagle News" No.5/15 May 30,