200 m
Memorial stone for the Partisan Victims in Lämsänkylä
Kuusamon kaupunki
This memorial is located at Uusitalo by Tauriaisentie road in Lämsänkylä. The stone erected by the act of Lämsä-Kemilän kylätoimikunta was unveiled in 1990.
In the vicinity of the eastern border the village of Lämsänkylä suffered the visits of the partisans multiple times in 1942-1943. In the summer of 1942 from the meadows at Virmajoki in Tammela, the Tammela brothers disappeared, whom were later declared dead. Uusitalo was attacked by an enemy patrol in the summer of 1943, which killed six residents of the farm and the enemy took the landlord with them. Ville Määttä, who was on a haymaking break from the front was never found. Later he was declared dead.
Additionally the partisans took all the grocery items and two cows from the farm. A Finnish patrol was sent to chase the enemy, but they were never caught. After the attacks, the residents of the village were moved farther from the border to Särkelä, Niskala and Kortesalmi.
Memorial text
”Tällä paikalla partisaanien hyökkäyksen 18.7.1943 uhreina saivat surmansa
Määttä Juho Kustu 81 -vuotias
Määttä Anna Lotta 71 -vuotias
Parkkisenniemi Reeta Ulla 68 -vuotias
Määttä Lyydia Amalia 26 -vuotias
Määttä Toini 3 -vuotias
Määttä Seppo 1 -vuotias
Menneisyys on aina läsnä”
Translation
"Määttä Juho Kustu 81 years old
Määttä Anna Lotta 71 years old
Parkkisenniemi Reeta Ulla 68 years old
Määttä Lyydia Amalia 26 years old
Määttä Toini 3 years old
Määttä Seppo 1 year old
were the victims of a partisan attack on this spot on 18.7.1943
The past is ever present”
Address
Tauriaisentie 50
Kuusamo Statues and Monuments
The Kuusamo municipality has a total of twenty four statues and monuments. Most of them are about war history, but there are also some that are about significant people and events.
A Monument can be a decorated stone, a wooden, stony or metallic structure, or a simple mark like a metal plate or a carving on a rock.
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