A memorial site for the fallen members of J. Graver's National Partisan Group in the Slytherin Cemetery
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The memorial stele for the fallen members of the national partisan group of J. Gräver's group Lidija Gibže (1924-1950), Jānis Grāver (1915-1950), Voldemār Blaze (fallen in 1948) in Slīterān cemetery of Dignāja parish, opened in 2000.
On the stele are the names of the national partisans who fell in the fight with the Cheka special group and the inscription "On the head of the hedgehog I put... Silence the words, the chest stops breathing." Only the bullets whistling further... The national partisans who fell for the freedom of the Latvian people".
Used sources and references:
The unknown war. The struggle of Latvian national partisans against the Soviet occupiers 1944-1956. 2nd ed. Riga: Power of Thought, 2012, p. 345.
