Antazavė Battle Site and Partisan Dugout Shelter at Lake Vincežeris
Bunker

It is accessible from the town of Antazavė via forest roads.

At the end of 1944, the Lithuanian partisan Lokis detachment was formed in the Antazavė area of northeastern Lithuania, led by former Lithuanian army officer Captain Mykolas Kazanas. The emerging detachment set up five low-lying areas on a hill densely covered with fir and pine trees near Lake Vincežeris, in the Antazavė forest.

On December 26, 1944 (according to some sources, December 27), the Battle of Antazavė took place in this place, which was one of the largest partisan battles in Eastern Lithuania. The partisan camp, fortified with trenches, was surrounded by military units deployed in the Soviet troops in the Utena and Zarasai garrisons and in the Antazavė parish. After a day-long battle, 85 partisans managed to break through the encirclement ring and successfully withdraw. One partisan was killed during the withdrawal.

Currently, two partisan dugouts have been installed at the site of the partisan camp and battle, a cross and a memorial plaque have been erected, and benches for campers have been installed. The partisan dugouts are distinguished by their size, they are relatively large and massive underground structures, different from the partisan bunkers built later in the forests of Lithuania.