Poznań crosses commemorating the Poznan 1956 protests and subsequent Polish protests against the communist political system.
Posted on 06/25/2006 10:50:58 AM PDT by lizol
Poznan '56 victims remembered
25.06.2006
The worker rising in June 1956 in the mid-western city of Poznan marked the beginning of the end of the totalitarian system in Poland, said archbishop Marian Przykucki at a mass in tribute to its victims. The mass was celebrated in the chapel at Poznan hospital, where workers wounded by the security police and troops were brought. “ We had communism then, now we have liberalism and moral relativism”, the archbishop said, wishing that catholic Poland be a light enlightening other European nations.
The protests, which came to be called the Poznan June 56, were started by workers from the city’s big engineering plant, then bearing the name of Stalin. The workers declared a general strike and organized a mass street demonstration, shouting “We want bread and freedom”, “Down with the Bolsheviks”, “We want free elections under UN auspices”.
According to the latest study by the Institute of National Remembrance, almost 60 people were killed and around 600 were wounded, when the communist authorities cracked down on the protesters. The youngest victim was a 13 year old boy.
Poznań crosses commemorating the Poznan 1956 protests and subsequent Polish protests against the communist political system.
The left can not florish where free men have the right to be heard.
"Communism only killed 100,000 people. Let's give it another chance." /sarcasm
I think you mean 100 million.
Your right, I accidently left off the other three 0's.
That's a beautiful monument.
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