The site of the battle of the Ruben battalion on November 18, 1944, near Pērkoni's house
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Piemiņas vieta leitnanta R. Rubeņa bataljona 1944. gada 6.-9. decembra cīņu vietā starp “Vēveru” un “Dzilnu” mājām Ugāles pagastā.
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In November 1944, a court-martial of the German occupation authorities sentenced 8 staff officers of General Kurel's group, three staff officers were pardoned for various reasons. The lieutenant colonel managed to escape from being shot, but Graudiņš was "trampled" by the German concentration camp system