Places of freedom fights

Near Kamajai there is a place called “Jewish pastures”. Here the Kamajai stribes buried partisans who died in the vicinity of Kamajai, Kupiškis, Duokiškis and Salos in 1944-1953. Before that, the bodies were desecrated in the square of…

A memorial sign in this square despise the deaths of arrested partisans, resisters and civilians tortured in the buildings of Soviet repressive structures in 1944–1953, Rokiškis area.

The postwar partisan fights is one of the most tragic and heroic periods in Lithuania’s history. 1944 December 12 Panemunio (Pandėlio sen.) Offensive – Northeast Lithuanian partisan operation, in which about 300 partisans from the…

The monument “Maria” was built in the Obeliai cemetery to honor partisan groups operating in Obeliai district. It was created by the famous sculptor, countryman V.Žuklys.

Leonardas Vilhelmas Grigonis was born on 14 December, 1905 in Rokiškis parish, Pužoniai village. Studied in Rokiškis gymnasium.  After graduating, he returned to his homeland.  He founded a primary school in Paulianka village. While working as a…