Memorial place for the group of Latvian and Lithuanian national partisans of J. Fričas in the Emsiņu 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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A white cross with a stele in Asare parish near the Emsiņu 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.
The names of Oskars Kalnieš (1915-1945) (fallen on January 10, 1945 near Dīvinia) and Jázeps Fričas (1920-1947) (fallen on September 7, 1947 in Abarkalnos) are engraved on the memorial stele.
Used sources and references:
G. Blues. The war of national partisans in Selia // Movement of resistance to occupation powers in Latvia. Riga: SolVita, 1997, 309-320. p.
The unknown war. The struggle of Latvian national partisans against the Soviet occupiers 1944-1956. 1st ed. Riga: Domas saks, 2010, 332-335. p.
