Memorial to the fallen members of J. Grāvers' national partisan group at the Slīterāni cemetery
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Memorial to national partisans at the Slīterāni cemetery. Photo: Līga Salde
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Memorial stele to the fallen members of the J. Grāvers group of national partisans Lidija Gibže (1924-1950), Jānis Grāvers (1915-1950), Voldemārs Blāzes (fallen in 1948) at the Slīterāni cemetery in Dignāja parish, opened in 2000.
The stele contains the names of the national partisans who fell in battle with the Cheka special group and the inscription "I put them on a hedgehog's head... Words fall silent, chests stop breathing. Only bullets rush further, whistling... 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: Domas sūks, 2012, p. 345.
