Monument to the Capuchin monks - supporters of the national resistance movement at the Skaistkalne church
Memorial site
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The monument is located near the Skaistkalne Catholic Church and the former monastery building of the Capuchin Order of Friars Minor – a place where national partisans and their supporters hid with the support of the monks after World War II. The memorial stele, unveiled in 2011 and consecrated by the Pauline Father Jānis Vīlaks, reads: “Monks of the Capuchin Order – supporters of the national resistance movement Kārlis Gumpenbergs OMC (1904-1980), Miķelis Jermacāns OMC (1911-1986), Kārlis Kiselevskis OMC (1906-1979), Miķelis Kļaviņš OMC (1906-1986), Jānis Pavlovskis OMC (1914-2001). They provided shelter and support to national partisans and illegal immigrants in Riga, Skaistkalne and Viļaka in 1945-1947.”
The consecration of the memorial stone dedicated to the Capuchin Fathers took place on October 8, 2011. The stone was consecrated by the Pauline Father of the Skaistkalne Catholic Church, priest Jānis Vīlaks. The event was attended by the Chairman of the Latvian National Partisan Association Ojārs Stefans, the Head of the Skaistkalne Parish Administration Ineta Skustā and other local residents.
Used sources and references:
R. Ābelnieks. The Secret of the Monastery // Bauskas Dzīve, 2008, April 21
The Unknown War. The Struggle of Latvian National Partisans Against the Soviet Occupiers 1944-1956. 2nd ed. Riga: Domas spaks, p. 315.
https://katolis.lv/2011/10/skaistkalne-iesveta-kapucinu-teviem-veltitu-pieminas-akmeni/'
