Brethren Cemetery of Latvian Legionnaires
Memorial site
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Brothers’ Cemetery of Latvian Legionnaires of the Second World War is located on the side of Sigulda-More Road, where 117 soldiers killed during the battles of More from 25 September to 6 October, 1944, are buried.
Reburial, landscaping and other improvements were made from 1988 till 1995. The monument, made by the sculptor A. Jansons, was unveiled on November 11, 1990 A remembrance ceremony in honour of fallen soldiers takes place every year on the last Saturday of September.
Used sources and references:
Eleksis, R. We invite you to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Mores at Roznēni oak. Daugava Vanagu Monthly, no. 6, 1993.
Eleksis, R. Here is and will be a monument to the fallen Latvian legionnaires. Daugava Vanagu Monthly, no. 1., 1992.
Ezergailis, monument to A. Džūkste. Independent Fight. No. 98, 1991.
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The Battle of Mores is an episode of the end of the Second World War, which was of great importance in the further course of the war in the territory of Latvia. The Battle of Mores marks the war in the Sigulda line of defense in the territory of Mores Parish, which took place from September 25 to October 5, 1944. In the trenches of the Sigulda line of defense, about 12 km long, the soldiers of the 19th Division of the Latvian Legion, fighting heavy battles with 10 to 15 times the enemy's defeat for 10 days, stopped the Red / Soviet army units moving towards Riga.