Memorial to Latvian and Lithuanian national partisans in Prode parish
Memorial site

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Memorial to Latvian and Lithuanian national partisans in Prode parish
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White cross with a stele for Latvian and Lithuanian national partisans in Prode parish. Erected at the place where the Chekists buried the bodies of fallen national partisans in gravel pits. The memorial is dedicated to several hundred Latvian and Lithuanian national partisans who resisted the Soviet occupation.

The inscription on the stele in Latvian and Lithuanian reads: "Hail to the Latvian and Lithuanian national partisans. In the fight against the communist occupation regime in 1944-1953, they were united and together sacrificed themselves for freedom."

The memorial site was consecrated on September 5, 2007. It was improved and supplemented with a memorial plaque on April 24, 2013, with the participation of the Commander of the Latvian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Raimonds Graubes, and the Commander of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Arvīdas Pocius, and other representatives of the armed forces of both countries. The memorial site was established by the Latvian National Partisan Association together with the Lithuanian Freedom Fighters Association, in cooperation with the Subate and Obelis municipalities.

Used sources and references:

The Unknown War. The Struggle of Latvian National Partisans Against the Soviet Occupiers 1944-1956. 2nd ed. Riga: Domas sūks, 2012, p. 375.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZUzJmRxuoQ

https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/subate-atklaj-pieminas-plaksni-kritusajiem-partizaniem.a55483/

https://www.sargs.lv/lv/latvija/2013-04-25/latvijas-un-lietuvas-brunoto-speku-komandieri-subate-atklaj-nacionalo-partisanu