The model of the bunker of the headquarters of the “Dainava” district headquarters of the Lithuanian partisans was restored by a former partisan who survived the bunker bombing, Juozas Petraška-Patrimpas. On 1992 June 1 rebuilt by soldiers of the Kaunas engineering battalion of Juozos Vitkaus. Its original size is 20 sq. m. (restored slightly smaller than the original). It was possible to move upright. A stove was installed inside. The chimney was represented by a carved pine, which on the outside looked like it had been broken by the wind. The bunker was built on the slope of a hill, next to which flowed a stream spring. About 250-300 years before the Nemunas. The men used to reach the bunker through that stream, which did not freeze even in winter. A special crawl was made at the creek. Partisans would come in all wet, even in winter. But there was no other choice but to survive.

Simnas Cemetery features two monuments in memory of the Lithuanian partisans. The monument in memory of the partisans that have died in battle in Liepakojai village on 21 February 1945 was built on the southern side of the cemetery on 20 October 1990. The bodies of the partisans were brought to the central square of Simnas for public display. Later they were buried in a mass grave in Simnas Cemetery. The monument features the names of the dead and an inscription “FOR THE LITHUANIAN PARTISANS, WHO DIED FOR THEIR HOMELAND”. Another monument for the partisans, featuring their names, is built in Liepakojai village at the place of the battle.
The majority of partisans, who died in Kalniškė battle (Kalniškė forest is not far from Simnas) on 16 May 1945, were buried behind the cemetery, near Lake Simnas. On 23 June 1989 the remains were transferred to Simnas Cemetery (with the former burial site marked with a cross). Other bodies of partisans of Dainava district, who died in Simnas surroundings and were transferred to the same burial site from Žuvintas marshes, were transferred as well. The monument was built of stones, gathered from Lithuanian fields, where these battles took place. It was opened on 19 May 1990 and features the names of the partisans and the inscription “FOR LITHUANIAN PARTISANS, WHO DIED FOR THE FREEDOM OF THEIR HOMELAND”.

The tombstone was moved from the burial sites and buried in this place in 1944 –1953 in memory of the Dainava district partisans, political prisoners and deportees killed in the Lazdijai area. The author of the monument is Jurgis Nevulis, built in 1993.

Information and photos from the website of the Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Research Center: http://www.genocid.lt/Statiniai_Vietos/Paminklai/Lazdijai_paminklai.htm

Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, commander of the partisan area of Southern Lithuania, commander of the Defense Forces of the Lithuanian Freedom Fighter Movement (LLKS), was born in 1918. March 6 USA. In 1921 The Ramanauskai family returned to Lithuania. In 1936 A. Ramanauskas graduated from Seinai “Žiburio” high school in Lazdijai. After the beginning of the second Soviet occupation, in 1945 in April he became a partisan. A. Ramanauskas initially led a partisan unit in the Nemunaitis area. in 1945 In the summer, he became the commander of the Dzūkai Group’s Merkinė battalion, in 1946. – The leader of the Merkys national team. In 1947 took over the management of Dainava district in autumn, and in 1948 was elected the commander of the partisan area of Southern Lithuania. In 2017 March 11 in Lazdijai, a monument to Adolf Ramanauskas-Vanagas was unveiled in the square named after him, in the very center of the city, in front of Lazdijai St. Anna’s church. The monument was created by the sculptor Jonas Jagėla.

The partisan memorial site is located on the north-eastern edge of the civil cemetery, at the end of the main path, on a hillside.

Monument in two stages, field stone masonry, reminiscent of the monument in memory of the Unknown Soldier in Kaunas War Museum. The lower part is a rectangular rectangular wall, the upper part – in the form of a pyramid cut upwards at the top. Two black polished stone slabs are concreted in the main façade: a double Jogailaičiai cross is carved in the upper part, and a memorial inscription in the lower part. The top of the monument is decorated with an ornate forged cross.

A memorial wall was built on both sides of the monument, in which 6 large-grained belted granite slabs with the names of the dead partisans engraved on them were concreted between the stone masonry columns.

November 23, 2018 Celebrations were held in Lazdijai region to commemorate the Lithuanian Armed Forces Day. On this day, the partisans of the Lazdijai region who fought for independent Lithuania were remembered and honored. On this occasion, a monument to freedom fighters was solemnly unveiled in Seiriai. The author of the monument is the sculptor Jonas Jagėla. The granite monument is almost five meters high. It consists of a composition of several connected crosses. The predominant motif of the cross and windows seeks to give meaning to both the tragic fate of the partisans and their cherished belief that Lithuania will be free, the hope of seeing returning loved ones through the windows of their native homes. The monument was consecrated by Archbishop Sigitas Tamkevičius, and its construction was initiated by the Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Research Center and Lazdijai District Municipality.

In the building of the NKVD, which stood in 1944-1953, Soviet occupiers and coloborants imprisoned, tortured and killed partisans, their liaison officers and supporters, and other Lithuanian patriots. On the occasion of the Defenders of Freedom Day in 2018, a monument to the heroes of the guerrilla struggle in Seiriai was solemnly unveiled and consecrated here. Author of the Cross, sculptor Juozas Videika. The cross was consecrated by Seirijus Švč. Pastor of St. Mary’s Scapular Church Sigitas Bitkauskas. Volunteers from 108 companies of the first team of Dainava district fired salvation salutes in memory of the victims of the NKVD.

In 2020, a monument to the partisans of the Dainava unit was unveiled in Old Town Square. The monument is 4.5 m high, adorned with the Vytis, the coat of arms of Lithuania. On one side of the pedestal is inscribed “To the partisans of the Dainava unit, 1944–1953”, and on another side, “Faith, Liberty, Independence, Harmony”.
Sculptor G. Jonkus.