The Tricolor over Rebel Hill
In 1956, inspired by the Hungarian uprising, Lithuanians raised the tricolor on the Rebels' Hill - a brief but significant sign of freedom during the Soviet era.
In the autumn of 1956, when an uprising against Soviet rule took place in Hungary, the hope of freedom was also ignited in Lithuania. Algimantas Mišeikis remembers a special moment from that era - the Lithuanian tricolor raised on the Rebels' Hill monument: "I saw the Lithuanian tricolor raised on the Rebels' Hill monument, although it didn't fly there for long."
Although the flag flew briefly, its raising was an important symbol of resistance, showing that the spirit of freedom was still alive in Lithuania. At the same time, demonstrations were taking place in Kaunas, with the Lithuanian anthem being sung and chants of "freedom for Hungary".
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The Hill of Rebels
Sukilėių kalnelis is a sand hill in the western part of the city of Šiauliai, whose history was affected by both world wars.
The place became infamous in the 19th century. p. II: 1863-1864 were buried in the mound. participants of the uprising against the oppression of the Tsarist Russian Empire, sentenced to death. Horrible legends began to spread about the place, it was abandoned and rarely visited, eventually being called Rebel Hill. During World War I, soldiers of the German Empire were buried there.
in 1926 maintenance of the hill has begun. City engineer Karolis Reison volunteered to prepare a project for a monument-obelisk dedicated to the rebels. in 1928 The 10th anniversary of Lithuania's independence was celebrated on the rebels' hill, the Independence Garden was opened, but the construction of the monument itself was completed only in 1935. The erected monument - a 14 m high pink granite obelisk - was unveiled and consecrated, and the remains of the rebels found here were reburied.
During World War II, people were buried in the hill between 1941 and 1944. dead soldiers of the German Reich.
During the Soviet occupation, the tombstones were dismantled, and in 1955-1957 The monument-obelisk of the rebel hill has been reconstructed - all national and religious symbols have been removed. In 1988, to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the uprising, the authentic image of the monument was restored.