Although 30 years have passed since the restoration of Latvia's state independence, the history of the national partisan war has not yet been fully researched to allow for a comprehensive assessment of the armed resistance to the occupation power in Latvia after the Second World War. It turns out that not only Latvia's forests, but also homes still conceal information about the tactics and methods of the Forest Brothers' struggle.

The hideout of Jānis Kaunackis, former deputy chairman of the Suseja Executive Committee, in the village of Vilkupe in the rural territory of Aknīste, Jēkabpils Municipality, was previously known only to residents of the surrounding houses...