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Cemetery in Mikuliszki

ID: dok-000811-P/96119

Cemetery in Mikuliszki

The cemetery of partisan soldiers of the Home Army, is located on the southern edge of the village. It has a rectangular plan with dimensions of 50m2. It is fenced with a fieldstone wall with an entrance from the southern side. The entire cemetery is paved. Opposite the entrance there is a large boulder with a concrete cross embedded in it. On the boulder is a bronze plaque with the inscription: /ZOLNIERZOM /ZOLNIERZOM / III i VI BRYGADY ARMII KRAJOWEJ / OKREGU / WILENSKIEGO/ POLEGLYM Z 1944 R/. On either side of the boulder are 22 concrete crosses bearing the names of the fallen. The construction of the foundation was subsidised by the President. Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites. The cemetery is looked after on a voluntary basis by Ms Józefa Pietkiewicz, who lives nearby.
Information about the cemetery has been published (see bibliography).

Bibliography:

  • „Cmentarze polskie poza granicami kraju” , raport, oprac. B. Gutowski, Warszawa 2022 (maszynopis).
  • Lewkowska Anna, Lewkowski Jacek, Walczak Wojciech, „Zabytkowe cmentarze na Kresach Wschodnich Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej. Województwo wileńskie na obszarze Republiki Białoruś”, Warszawa 2007.

Author:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, Salomea Grabowska
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