Latvian Army Summer Camp in Litene Military town

Litene Army Camp. Source: Gulbene Municipality Agency “Gulbene Tourism and Cultural Heritage Centre”
Litene Army Camp. Source: Gulbene Municipality Agency “Gulbene Tourism and Cultural Heritage Centre”
Litene. 8th Daugavpils Infantry Regiment, 1938. Source: National Library of Latvia digital collection "Lost Latvia".
Litene. Military maneuvers at a summer camp, 1935. Source: National Library of Latvia digital collection "Lost Latvia".
GVMM 19917 Litene army summer camp 1930s. Source: Collection of the Gulbene Regional History and Art Museum
Litene Army Camp. Source: Collection of the Gulbene Regional History and Art Museum
GVMM 24655 Latvian Army soldiers at the Litene summer camp. General Balodis greets the soldiers. 1930s. Source: Gulbene Regional History and Art Museum Collection
Litene Army Camp. Source: Collection of the Gulbene Regional History and Art Museum
GVMM 24657 Latvian Army soldiers' Litene summer camp training ground. 1930s. Source: Gulbene Regional History and Art Museum collection
Summer camp in Litene. Source: Collection of the Gulbene County History and Art Museum
Sign at the iron bridge over the river to the Litene army summer camp. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
The foundations of the buildings have been preserved. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
The foundations of the buildings have been preserved. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Litene Army Summer Camp. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Litene Army Summer Camp. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Information about the Litene Army Summer Camp, events, and places and personalities associated with the camp. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Litene Army Summer Camp. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Information about the Litene Army Summer Camp, events, and places and personalities associated with the camp. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
A food warehouse has been preserved. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
A viewing platform with the Latvian flag flying. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
The grounds are a demilitarized bathhouse and a white cross erected with the support of the Ministry of Defense and the National Armed Forces – the actual killing site. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Litene Army Summer Camp. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
The grounds are a demilitarized bathhouse and a white cross erected with the support of the Ministry of Defense and the National Armed Forces – the actual killing site. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Information about the Litene Army Summer Camp, events, and places and personalities associated with the camp. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
At the entrance to the Litene army summer camp. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
At the entrance to the Litene army summer camp. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
The road to the Litene army summer camp. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Litene Army Summer Camp. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Litene Army Summer Camp. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Litene Army Summer Camp. Source: Gita Memmēna, Vidzeme Tourism Association
Litene Army Camp. Source: Gulbene Municipality Agency “Gulbene Tourism and Cultural Heritage Centre”
Litene Army Camp. Source: Gulbene Municipality Agency “Gulbene Tourism and Cultural Heritage Centre”
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The Latvian Army Summer Camp in Litene is located in the forest in Litene parish, near the Pededze River. The beginnings of the Litene Camp can be traced back to 1935 when the construction of a summer camp complex for the Latgale division of the Latvian Army was started. From May to autumn, several thousand soldiers learned combat tactics and shooting skills in Litene. In the summer of 1941, Latvian Army officers were arrested by Red Army and NKVD troops at an army summer camp in Litene. Several officers were shot on the spot, while others were deported to Siberia. On 14 June 1941, at least 430 officers were arrested and deported to Siberia in the Litene and Ostrovieši camps about 10 kilometres from Litene. The only historical building that has survived from the camp is a food storage facility. Only the foundations remain from the other buildings. There is a viewing platform with the Latvian flag, benches and a well-maintained place for a fire. A demilitarised cannon was installed with the support of the Ministry of Defence and the National Armed Forces. Information boards are in place. The Wall of Pain memorial in the Litene graveyard is also connected with the events at the Litene camp. The YouTube channel of the Latvian Army features a video named ‘Litene, Katyn of the Latvian Army’.

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Jānis Zvaigzne “What is Litene”, J.Zvaigzne “June. Litene 1941”, Jumava, Riga, 2012. GNVMM Museum Collection
https://www.sargs.lv/lv/vesturiski-jutigie-jautajumi/2011-05-30/litene-latvijas-armijas-katina

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