Photo Story: Demolishing of a Red Army Monument in Glubczyce in Poland

Workers demolish the Red Army Monument in Glubczyce, Poland, on Friday 05 May 2023. The dismantling of the monument in Glubczyce, near Opole, is being conducted under a 2016 law banning the promotion of Communism or other totalitarian systems.

It was erected in 1945 and commemorated 676 Red Army and 1st Ukrainian Front soldiers who fell in a battle for the town in that year.

Via EPA-EFE/Krzysztof Swiderski

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