BDAR

Antazave pinewood battle site, partisan underground

55.815, 25.895
How to get?
  • 11_Partizanų žeminės (1). Autorė N. Ribokaitė.jpg
  • 11_Partizanų žeminės (2). Autorė N. Ribokaitė.jpg
  • 11_Partizanų žeminės (3). Autorė N. Ribokaitė.jpg

In October 1944, a Bear team led by Mykolas Kazanas was formed in the vicinity of Antazavė village. In the Antazavė hill, by the Vinčežeris lake, on a hill overgrown with young Christmas trees and pine trees, the partisans set up 5 landings. Stockpiles of weapons and food were replenished, and fighters and Soviet activists were fought on several occasions in 1941. On December 26, 1944, parts of the Zarasai and Utena garrison armies were gathered at the entrances to the Antazave silo, as well as the Soviet army The battle lasted all day, and after dark the 85 partisans miraculously managed to escape the siege, which is probably the largest clash in Zarasai county in 1944. Now the partisan deployment of the Vytis company and the battlefield of December 26, 1944, with Antazyė those 2 undergrounds are state-protected objects, and an oak memorial plaque was erected in 1994 with the inscription: "The place of the partisan struggle against the Soviet occupiers." At the battle site, near Lake Vinčežeris, there was an underground, a cross and benches.