Memorial Wall of Pain Memorial site
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Artrodas Litene cemetery.
On June 14, 2001, the memorial “Wall of Pain” created by architects Dina Grūbe, Benita and Dainis Bērziņš, stonemasons Ivars Feldbergs and Sandra Skribnovskis was unveiled in Litene Cemetery, it symbolizes the resting place of the soldiers killed in 1941. In October 1988, the ashes of 11 officers killed in June 1941 by the Soviet Army were found in the territory of the former Latvian Army summer camp in Sita Silila, Litene Parish. Although they could not be identified, on December 2, 1989, at the consecration service in Gulbene Evangelical Lutheran Church, Litene Cemetery was solemnly reburied.
11 white crosses, memorial plaque and information stands.
Used sources and references:
Jānis Zvaigzne "What is Litene", J.Zvaigzne "June. Litene 1941 ”, Jumava, Riga, 2012. Collection of the GNVMM Museum.
