According to him, a Citizenship Day was organized in Paris on Saturday to commemorate the Day of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. Through it, a commemorative plaque of one of the most famous Lithuanian partisans, J. Lukša, was unveiled at the place of his meetings with his comrades and friends – in the cafe “Le Maresquier” on Šventos Augustinos street.
This place will be added to the “Lithuanian signs in Paris” map.
The Lithuanian Ambassador to France Arnoldas Pranckevičius, who participated in the unveiling ceremony of the commemorative tablet, said that the commemorative sign of the Lithuanian partisan will allow Parisians and guests of the city to better get to know one of the most important personalities of the Lithuanian resistance.
In 1948-1949, J. Lukša, who studied at an intelligence school in Paris, made connections with Lithuanians living in emigration, spread knowledge about the resistance struggle in Lithuania, under the pseudonym Daumantas he wrote a memoir “Partisans behind the Iron Curtain” about the Lithuanian partisans’ struggles against the Soviet occupiers.
After the war, J. Lukša was one of the commanders of the Lithuanian partisans, who broke through to the West several times to convey the news about the fighting Lithuania.
He was killed in an ambush during a shootout in September 1951 in the vicinity of Garliava, near Kaunas. The remains of the partisan have not yet been found.
Guerrilla war against the occupation of the Soviet Union took place in Lithuania in 1944-1953. At least 50 thousand people participated in it. people, and about 100,000 supporters participated in the entire resistance movement as members of underground organizations. Lithuanian residents. Over 20,000 people died in this war. partisans and their supporters.
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