Monument to Vladis Montvydas-Žemaitis Memorial site

A monument to one of the partisan leaders, Vladas Montvydas-Žemaitis, has been erected in the town of Varniai, Telšiai district.

The monument was erected to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the death of the partisan commander of the Samogitian region, Vladas Montvydas-Žemaitis. On August 24, 2013, at the initiative of the Lithuanian Freedom Army (LLA) and its chairwoman Irena Montvydaitė-Giedraitienė, a granite monument was erected in memory of the last commander of the Samogitian region, Vladas Montvydas-Žemaitis, with the inscription "Give to the Homeland what you must!"

Vladas Montvydas-Žemaitis belonged to the Riflemen's Union, in 1944. together with others he founded the Telšiai County Hawks Group of the Lithuanian Freedom Army (LLA), which he led, and also established the first 3 partisan hideouts. Under the care of V. Montvydas, the newspapers Kovojantis lietuvis, Malda girije, Laisvės balsas were published in the Samogitian County, and in 1952 the collection of poems Laisvės kovų addai was published.

Vladas Montvydas-Žemaitis was the last and longest-serving partisan commander of the Samogitian region, who died in an ambush in 1953 in the bunker of the Samogitian region headquarters, after about 2 hours of gunfire with soldiers of the internal army and the stribes. His body was desecrated in Varniai near the stribes headquarters, and his burial place is unknown.