Public Institution "Lazdijai Tourism Information Center"

The place of the struggle and death of Lithuanian partisans Pranas Vaivada-Milžinas and Aleksandras Maskeliūnas-Strazdas

The struggle for freedom

in 1946 On June 2, after falling into an ambush at the crossroads of Bestraigiškii, Rusonii and Vainiūnai roads, the partisans of the Mindaugas group of the Šarūnas district of Dainava district Aleksandras Maskeliūnas-Strazdas and the platoon commander Pranas Vaivada Milžinas were killed and the partisan Bronius Saveikis-Klajūnas left wounded. Both were desecrated on the Seiriju pitch.

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 29547 of the Register of Real Estate Cultural Values https://kvr.kpd.lt/#/static-heritage-search

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Seirijai

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