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Place of Lithuanian partisan fighting and death (Bestraigiškės village)

The struggle for freedom

In the forest of Bestraigiškės, in the command post of the Šarūnas national team installed in the former bunker at this place, betrayed recruited agents Olchas, Klevos and Bijūnas, on 02.06.1951, in the fighting with the soldiers of the 2nd battalion of the 34th rifle regiment of the MGB internal army, the following were killed: Dainava district deputy commander for intelligence, districts chairman of the court, commander of the Šarūnas national team Juozas Jurelionis-Sakalas, g. In 1922, Pranas Majauskas-Vanagėlis, commander of the 3rd platoon of A. Juozapavičius' homeland, g. 1922 Pranas Celevičius-Berželis, commander of the 3rd division of the same squad, Paserninkai village, g. in 1923 In Seirijai, Vaclovas Pledys-Slapukas, str. in 1929 Seirijai, Vytautas Vaivada-Garsas, g. 1928 (1929?) Paserninkai village, Antanas Vailionis-Tēvas, g. In 1898, Juozas Žilionis-Strazdas, g. 1928, Paserninkai village. Partizan Juozas Žukas-Gulbinas, g. in 1929 Šadžiūnai village, arrested, imprisoned.

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 26423 of the Register of Real Estate Cultural Values https://kvr.kpd.lt/#/static-heritage-search

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Seirijai

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