Memorial to J. Fričis Latvian and Lithuanian National Partisan Group at Emsini Cemetery
Memorial site
Memorial site for the members of J. Fričis' Latvian and Lithuanian national partisan group at the Emsiņi cemetery in Asare parish. Photo: H. Bruņinieks
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White cross with a stele in Asare parish at the Emsiņi cemetery at the beginning of the alley. Consecrated on September 10, 2005.
Dedicated to the commanders of the Latvian-Lithuanian national partisan group in the fight against the Soviet occupation power.
The names of Oskars Kalnietis (1915-1945) (who fell on January 10, 1945 near Dīviņas) and Jāzeps Fričis (1920-1947) (who fell on September 7, 1947 in Abarkalni) are engraved on the memorial stele.
Used sources and references:
G. Blūzma. The National Partisan War in Sēlija // Resistance Movement against the Occupying Powers in Latvia. Riga: SolVita, 1997, pp. 309-320.
The Unknown War. The Struggle of Latvian National Partisans Against the Soviet Occupiers 1944-1956. 1st ed. Riga: Domas sūks, 2010, pp. 332-335.
