Memorial place for the group of Latvian and Lithuanian national partisans of J. Fričas in the Emsiņu cemetery
Memorial site
56.1194,25.9161
Asares pagasts, Latvia
29555950
Jēkabpils TIC
165
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.
