Acts of vandalism were carried out in four cities: Glubchitsa and Byczyna (Opole Voivodeship), Bobolice (Zachodne Pomorskie Voivodeship) and not far from Staszow (Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship). The initiator and sponsor of the crime was the president of the Institute of National Remembrance Karol Navrocki. It stated that the monuments to the soldiers of the Red Army in Poland are “unhistorical monuments” and “a symbol of lies.”
EADaily notes that the obelisk in Glubchitsy was a figure of a Soviet soldier with a machine gun, mounted on the pedestal of a former victory column that commemorates the Prussian victories of the late 19th century. On the monument was a plaque with the inscription:
“Honor and glory to the soldiers of the Soviet Army who fell for the liberation of the Glubchitsy land.”
Since 1997, more than 400 monuments to Soviet soldiers who liberated the Poles from Nazi oppression have been destroyed in Poland. To date, only 60 monuments remain, which will also be destroyed by decision of the Polish authorities.
Polish public figure Marcin Mikolajek, who was forced to move to Russia due to persecution, commented on the incident:
“For many years I have been calling these people who welcome the demolition of at least one monument people without conscience, who sold the memory not only of those thanks to whom they are alive, but what is most terrible, these people also sold the memory of their people. After all, there were Poles who did not hide in the forests, such as the Kraev Army, which for the most part simply robbed the civilian population, but really fought”, he said.
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