Guerrilla bunker and memorial cross in Plunknočiai forest
Bunker
After turning off the regional road 3604 (Rokiškis – Maineivos – Naujasodė) between Juodupė and Žobiškis towards Plunksnočiai forest
Hiding from persecution and prying eyes, Lithuanian partisans built bunkers in the strangest and most unexpected places: in forest thickets, farmers' baths, under sheds and barns, on floating islands in lakes and swamps.
in 1947 The partisans of the Gediminas company of Duke Margis' selection, under the leadership of commander Juoz Bulovas-Iks, gathered in the massif of Plunksnočiai forest. Until 1948 they didn't have a permanent wintering place, they hid with people who supported them. Although today there is a green forest around Plunksnočiai bunker that is easy to cross and suitable for a walk, but after the Second World War, the bunker was surrounded by a swampy forest with a small hill in the middle of the swamp. in 1949 it was in the hill that the partisans set up a hiding place. However, an infiltrated Russian security agent who knew the location of the bunker was betrayed. He in 1949 on November 14, when the partisans were sleeping, they threw anti-tank grenades into the bunker. 7 partisans were killed.
The partisan bunker was rebuilt, a cross with the names of those who died there was erected. A memorial monument and information signs have been installed on the site a few tens of meters from the bunker on the initiative of Rokiškis young shooters.
Used sources and references:
Partisan bunker and memorial cross in Plunksnočiai forest, Rokiškis tourism information center. Online access: https://www.rokiskiotic.lt/objektai/partizanu-bunkeris-ir-paminklinis-kryzius-plunksnociu-miske
Feather forest - directory of natural resources, human activity and tragic history, Born in Rokiškis. Online access: https://grokiskis.lt/rokiskis-triskart-lietuva/plunksnuociu-miskas-gamtos-turtu-zmogaus-veiklos-ir-tragiskos-istorijos-zinynas