Memorial to the national partisans who fell in the battle of August 4, 1945, at the Ludvigova Cemetery in Pilskalne Parish
Memorial site
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White cross and stele in the Ludvigova cemetery in Pilskalne parish.
Bebrene Company Commander Salimons Gabris (1916-1945) and national partisans Alberts Strods (1925-1945), Staņislavs Voitiškis (1903-1945) and Ludvigs Tamanis (1917-1945), whose names can be read on the memorial stele, fell on August 3 (4), 1945 near Ludvigova, while leading Lithuanian envoys to the Ilūkste Regiment headquarters.
The memorial site was consecrated on August 5, 2005 by the prelate of the Ilūkste Catholic parish, Jānis Krapāns.
Used sources and references:
G. Blūzma. National Partisan War in Sēlija // Resistance Movement against the Occupying Powers in Latvia. Riga: SolVita, 1997, pp. 278-279.
The Unknown War. The Struggle of Latvian National Partisans Against the Soviet Occupiers 1944-1956. 2nd ed. Riga: Domas spaks, 2012, pp. 388-389.
https://www.tvnet.lv/6159317/pilskalne-iesvetits-nacionalo-partisanu-pieminas-baltais-krusts
