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The monument’s opening ceremony in Kryžkalnis will be attended by President Gitanas Nausėda, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, the Ministers of National Defense, Culture and representatives of the local government.
“The monument, on the steel posts of the Vytis cross, which recalls the party insignia, contains the names of the freedom fighters who died in the fierce fight against the Soviet occupiers. In a selfless, unequal and seemingly desperate struggle for our freedom, they paid the highest price: to sacrifice their lives. They were people of unbreakable spirit, who suffered humiliation, contempt, torture, but without losing dignity, hope and faith. I would like the elevated obelisk to invite all passengers to stop , climb the hill and, looking around, bow your head in honor of the brilliant memory of the Lithuanian partisans and their supporters, ”says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis.
Thanks to the efforts of the government, the noble work begun by Archbishop Alfonsas Svarinskas a good decade ago was completed and a monument to the Lithuanian partisans was erected, a sign of respect and gratitude to the Lithuanian independence fighters.
For the construction of the monument and the implementation of the investment project, the Government in 2019-2020. allocated from the state budget 505 thousand. euros. Others 29.98 thousand. was assigned to the Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Research Center to compile a comprehensive electronic directory of historical archival data on Lithuanian partisans who died in exile and in prisons, on the basis of which a list of Lithuanian partisans to be commemorated.
The authors of the commemorative project are the sculptor Tadas Gutauskas and the architect Saulius Pamerneckis.
The monument consists of an obelisk in the shape of a Lithuanian sword about 25 m high; about 30 m long memorial wall with Vytis cross-shaped steel supports, on which about 11 thousand. the names of the dead partisans; Tomb of the Unknown Partisan; a place of honor with capacity for 1,000 people; as well as in 2018. November 25 The part of the memorial dedicated to the partisans of the Kęstutis district was opened to the public, consisting of a chapel bell tower and nine inclined concrete planes next to the chapel with the nicknames, surnames, dates of birth and death of the Kęstutis district partisans. In the future, it is planned to build an information pavilion-museum on the history of the Lithuanian partisans next to the stairs leading to the monument.
The Raseiniai District Municipality, the Lithuanian Resistance and Genocide Research Center, the Ministry of Culture and the Government Chancellery contributed to the organization and execution of the monument’s construction works.
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