Czerwony, bolszewik, … człowiek? – upamiętnienia symboliczne a miejsca spoczynku i pamięci żołnierzy Armii Czerwonej na terenie RP Naruszenia Umowy między Rządem RP a Rządem Federacji Rosyjskiej o grobach i miejscach pamięci ofiar wojen i represji
The red, a Bolshevik... a human? – Symbolic commemoration and the graves and places of remembrance of Red Army soldiers in the territory of Poland.

iolations of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Poland and the Government of the Russian Federation on the graves and places of memory of victims of war and repression

Summary/Abstract: As one party to the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Poland and the Government of the Russian Federation on the graves and places of memory of victims of war and repression, Poland has pledged to undertake various activities as concerns the graves and places of commemoration, including the graves of 600,000 Red Army soldiers located on Polish territory. In the face of the increasing number of acts of vandalism towards these places, it is worth analysing the nature of such behaviour. The paper enumerates the motives indicated by perpetrators of such acts of vandalism, the reactions of representatives of the political elite, the steps taken by the law en- forcement forces and the content of media coverage of the acts of vandalism. The paper also forecasts the possible reversal of such tendencies and compares the activities occurring in Poland and those in other states that are parties to corresponding international agreements.

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