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MEMORIALS

Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists in Berlin

Type: Physical memorial
Location: Berlin
Country: Germany

Added: 9/22/2005
Updated: 5/5/2014 12:15:57 PM

Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists in Berlin
Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists in Berlin
Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists in Berlin
Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists in Berlin
Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists in Berlin
Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists in Berlin
Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists in Berlin

This memorial was dedicated in 1972 to honour the Polish soldiers and German resistance that were killed in World War II. It is located at Virschow Strasse in the Friedrichain Park in former East Berlin. The memorial could be seen as an initiative to strenghten the political ties between the Governments in DDR and neighbouring Poland. The text chiseled out of the granite wall that runs from the central stele reads in Polish and German:

ZA NASZA I WASZA VOLNOSC - FUER EURE UND UNSERE FREIHEIT
(English: FOR YOUR AND OUR FREEDOM)

All photos © Jon Brunberg / The Polynational War Memorial

 

POSTED BY JON BRUNBERG ON 9/22/2005

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