SYMBOLS OF HATE: VANDALISM AGAINST THE MONUMENT TO JÓZEF PIŁSUDSKI AND THE LEGION QUARTET IN CRACOW – CHARACTERISTICS OF SELECTED ASPECTS Cover Image

Symbole Nienawiści. Dewastacja Pomnika Józefa Piłsudskiego i Czwórki Legionowej w Krakowie – charakterystyka wybranych aspektów
SYMBOLS OF HATE: VANDALISM AGAINST THE MONUMENT TO JÓZEF PIŁSUDSKI AND THE LEGION QUARTET IN CRACOW – CHARACTERISTICS OF SELECTED ASPECTS

Author(s): Paweł Sekuła
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Political Theory, Politics and society
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: vandalism; symbols of hate; nazism; fascism

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyze contemporary symbols and signs associated with radical and extremist systems, political movements and paramilitary organizations in Ukraine, especially in the context of the events in Cracow in 2021, when the monument to Józef Piłsudski and the Legion Quartet were vandalized. The letter „N” was painted on the pedestal of the monument to Józef Piłsudski and Four legionnaires were painted yellow and blue – colors of the Ukrainian flag in reverse order. There was also a piece of cardboard left with the inscription “Poland – not only for the gentry”.

  • Issue Year: 20/2023
  • Issue No: 82
  • Page Range: 351-367
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish