Memorial site for Hermann Faul Memorial site
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It is located at the crossroads of rural roads, turning off the road leading from Pienava to Džūkste.
Memorial to H. Faul, and to the nine German and Latvian soldiers who fell in the battle of 27 December 1944 (probably blown up by a direct hit from a cannon shell) and who are presumed missing since then, as no remains, documents or other evidence of their identity have been found.
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