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Memorial dedicated to Polish, Jewish and Soviet victims of the Nazis unveiled in Poland (PICTURES)
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| 20.12.2007
Posted on 12/19/2007 12:47:14 PM PST by lizol
Two days ago - On December 18th, 2007 and amazing memorial has been unveiled in my hometown Lowicz (Poland).
The idea of this memorial is to commemorate the Jewish and Polish citizens of Lowicz and also the Soviet POWs - all the victims of two forced labour camps located near Lowicz during WW2.
The memorial has been built of 3 blocks of basalt wrapped togehter with barbed wire.
The speaker of the Polish Parliament Bronislaw Komorowski, the ambassador of Israel David Peleg and the ambassador of Russia Vladimir Grinin took part in the ceremony.
The Israeli ambassador said, that the Lowicz memorial is probably the first one, that shows not only suffering, but also joint fight against Nazi occupant.
The Russian ambassador thanked the authorities of Lowicz for this sign of memory dedicated to the Soviet POW's, who gave their lives on Polish soil.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: israel; jewish; jews; lowicz; poland; pow; soviet; ww2
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posted on
12/19/2007 12:47:17 PM PST
by
lizol
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posted on
12/19/2007 12:47:56 PM PST
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
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posted on
12/19/2007 12:48:34 PM PST
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: lizol
Sturm und drang!
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posted on
12/19/2007 12:54:32 PM PST
by
meandog
(I'm one of the FEW and the BRAVE FReepers still supporting John McCain)
To: lizol
Thanks for the post.
On a side note I want to say that I really like the way the Polish Army has kept their uniform traditions. They have this WW2 style and their traditional caps. Very nice.
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posted on
12/19/2007 12:55:23 PM PST
by
SolidWood
(Al Gore: "I have never heard of this, but I think it is a very good idea,")
To: SolidWood
I really like the way the Polish Army has kept their uniform traditions. They have this WW2 style and their traditional caps.
Only for parades.
Usually they're wearing more like this:
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posted on
12/19/2007 1:10:36 PM PST
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: lizol
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posted on
12/19/2007 1:33:51 PM PST
by
pabianice
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posted on
12/19/2007 1:41:36 PM PST
by
SJackson
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To: lizol
Nice photos. Thank you for posting.
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posted on
12/19/2007 1:42:25 PM PST
by
olezip
To: lizol
Beautiful memorial. Of course, Poles have far too much experience building memorials. My wife once lived in Lowicz as a child, and I’ve driven through the town a few times.
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posted on
12/19/2007 2:04:47 PM PST
by
pierrem15
(Charles Martel: past and future of France)
To: pierrem15
Really? Wow :-)
If you like to see more about the town - take a look at my profile page.
I’d ask you how old is your wife and what was her surname at that time (maybe I know her) - but I won’t :-)
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posted on
12/19/2007 2:16:23 PM PST
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: lizol
Beautiful as always! Thanks so much, lizol.
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posted on
12/19/2007 2:24:06 PM PST
by
ishabibble
(ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
To: lizol
Is there a memorial for Polish citizens of all ethnicities murdered by the Soviets and their communist allies?
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posted on
12/19/2007 2:48:05 PM PST
by
rmlew
(Build a wall, attrit the illegals, end the anchor babies, Americanize Immigrants)
To: lizol
Thanks for posting this thread and all the photos.
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posted on
12/19/2007 3:23:33 PM PST
by
M. Espinola
(Freedom is never 'free')
To: lizol
Thanks lizol. I can always expect the best designs when Poland chooses a monument, it shows how deeply they still feel it all.
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posted on
12/19/2007 3:39:41 PM PST
by
snippy_about_it
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To: lizol
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posted on
12/19/2007 11:48:02 PM PST
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
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