Memorial at the site of the July 2, 1945 battle of the national partisans on the Danube
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Memorial stone to the national partisans Jānis Abaronas, Vladislavs Būkas, Pēteris Bernāns, Alberts Klimanis, Vladislavs Dilāns and Juris Timšāns who fell in the Battle of the Danube on July 2, 1945 and were later burned in Rubene parish.
The Battle of Dunava broke out after two officers of the People's Commissariat of the Interior of the Latvian SSR and one militiaman were killed in clashes between foresters and representatives of the Soviet occupation authorities in Atauga, Dunava parish, on the evening of June 30 and July 1. On July 2, 16 national partisans led by Eduards Platkanis fought a battle with destroyers, militiamen and Cheka troops at the turn of the Rubene road behind the Dunava cemetery. A few days later, in retaliation, the Cheka officers burned down the houses of Atauga, and publicly burned the bodies of six national partisans who had fallen in the Battle of Dunava near the Rubene parish hall.
Used sources and references:
G. Blūzma. The National Partisan War in Sēlija // Resistance Movement against the Occupying Powers in Latvia. Riga: SolVita, 1997, pp. 276-278.
The Unknown War. The Struggle of Latvian National Partisans Against the Soviet Occupiers 1944-1956. 1st ed. Riga: Domas sūks, 2010, p. 365.
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