Monument to national partisans J. Medveckis and G. Vanadziņš
Memorial site
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The monument was erected at the site of the last battle of the national partisans Juris Medveckas (1924-1947) and Gunārs Vanadziņš (1926-1947) near the Timšāni house in Pilskalne parish.
J. Medveckis served in the Latvian Legion during World War II, was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class, for his heroism in battle, but later joined the Sēlija national partisans. G. Vanadziņš avoided mobilization into the Red Army in September 1944, joined the Forest Brothers unit of Albert Kaminskis (1920-1946), but after the disintegration of the Susēja group, he worked in the national partisan group of Jāzeps Fričis (1920-1947). Later, together with J. Medveckis, he took part in several actions against the Soviet occupation power.
The monument contains the names of the national partisans who fell on December 1 (2), 1947, and the inscription: "I placed them on a hedgehog's head. Protect your Fatherland. To the national partisans of the Danube. Fallen in battle with the Cheka troops."
Used sources and references:
G. Blūzma. National Partisan War in Sēlija // Resistance Movement against the Occupying Powers in Latvia. Riga: SolVita, 1997, pp. 299-308.
UI Sietiņš. For the land we love... Latvian crusaders. Riga: LDKS, 2005, p. 175.
H. Bruņinieks. Cheating Death. Riga: Latvian Media, 2022, pp. 478-479.
