Since the end of communist rule in 1989, Poland has taken steps to remove monuments and plaques from public space.
First Published Oct 27, 2022, 8:14 PM IST
In Poland, the historical remains of the communist regime were also destroyed. Four memorials to Polish Red Army soldiers have been demolished by the current administration. The monuments were built during the communist era. Officials said they were removing symbols of Russian hegemony in Poland and condemning Russia’s war on Ukraine. Monuments erected in 1945 in four different areas of Poland were removed using bulldozers, drills and machines. It was built as a memorial to the Red Army soldiers who died in the war against the Nazi German forces.
The head of the State Historical Institute, Carol Nawrocki, came to the scene, demanding that the monuments stand as a reminder of the system that enslaved and killed their own people and other countries and that they should be removed. A monument of shame stands. Nawrocki said they are a monument to the contempt of the victors over the victims. The Soviets did not bring liberation in 1945. They brought another form of slavery. Nawrocki also noted that they occupied and looted Poland.
The spirit of that system is still present in Russia’s killing of civilians in Ukraine. Even in foreign countries, he said, they have the law to prosecute and punish those who remove monuments to the Soviet Army.
Communist monuments in Poland have also been removed. Since the end of communist rule in 1989, Poland has taken steps to remove monuments and plaques from public space. Politically, militarily, and economically, Poland came to the scene in support of Ukraine’s struggle against Russia.
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Last Updated Oct 27, 2022, 8:14 PM IST
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