Partisans of Mindaugas homeland of Dainava district Šarūnas team, led by Jurgis Gylis-Kalniaus, str. 1915 Galstų village, on January 26, 1947, fought with the unit of the 34th Rifle Regiment of the MVD Army, Commander. ltn. Belorybkino. Partisans of Mindaugas homeland killed: Antanas Zdanavičius-Viltis, st. 1926 Gražulių village, Seirijai district, seriously injured Andrius Neifalta-Gintaras, str. 1921 Giraitėliai village, Seirijai district, died two days later. Partisan Eugenija Krušinskaitė-Aguona was injured in the fighting. Homestead owner A. Čeponis was arrested. Note: According to the recollections of the witnesses, about 30 partisans came to the homestead on horseback. The partisans asked Jonas Strenkauskas (from Vaickūniškės village) to bring the priest to the sick partisan Ona Saveikytė-Neužmirsttuola (who had just given birth to a child). When the priest left, the house was surrounded by enemies. Prelate Juozas Laukaitis, who performed the ceremony, was extradited, arrested, and died in the camp. In the same Graužai manor, according to the data received by Agent Rūpestėlis, the military operative group of the MGB Seirijai subdivision surrounded Pranas Kašelionis' homestead at dawn on 19 August 1948. 3 partisans of Juozapavičius group of Šarūnas team of Šainūnas district of Dainava district were killed in the fight against the partisans staying in the homestead: commander of the platoon (leader of Mindaugas homeland?), Antanas Muliuolis-Gruodis, str. 1920, Buteliūnai village, head of the department Antanas Motiejūnas-Šamas, st. 1922 Paliūnai village, (the last two burned in a hiding place-bunker; the remains have not been examined), Mečislovas Dainauskas-Miškinis, str. 1923 Seirija Colony The owner of the homestead Pranas Kašelionis, st. 1914 Straigiškės village, the house burned down. The remains of the dead partisans were transported to Seirijus, near the headquarters of the MGB district. After the restoration of Lithuania's independence, a monument to the partisans of this region who fought and died for freedom was erected in the Seirijai cemetery, and their names were written.
Information and photos from the website of the Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture www.kpd.lt; Register of Immovable Cultural Property www.kvr.kpd.lt, unique object code 29554
Photos from the website of the Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Research Center: http://www.genocid.lt/Statiniai_Vietos/Paminklai/Lazdijai_paminklai.htm
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