Public Institution "Lazdijai Tourism Information Center"

Lithuanian partisan battle site (Delnica village)

The struggle for freedom

On 12/24/1948, in the homestead of Petros Janulevičius, the partisans of the Mindaugas group of the Šarūnas district of Dainava district were killed in the fighting with the MGB unit: Bronius Aleksandravičius-Vijurkas, g. in 1924 Mikniškiu village, office Lazdija district, Juozas Griškonis-Aušra, g. in 1924 Papartėlių k., dab. Lazdija district, Jonas Janulevičius-Šaulys, g. in 1928 Pakirsniai village, Danius (Danielius) Sakalauskas-Žaibas, g. in 1923 Mixing language, dab. Lazdija district, Alfonsas Šikarskas-Ėuolynas, st. 1925, Dervinii village, dab. Lazdija district

According to residents' memoirs, "the dead were tied to several sledges and taken to Lazdija <...> later they were taken again by sledge to the Salinas lake outside Lazdija and buried under the ice. The people living there buried them on a hill by the lake." A monument has been erected at the supposed burial place.

Information and photos from the Department of Cultural Heritage at the website of the Ministry of Culture https://kpd.lrv.lt/lt/ ; The object's unique code is 29584 of the Register of Real Cultural Values https://kvr.kpd.lt/#/static-heritage-search

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