Poland’s state Institute for National Remembrance (INR) has urged regional authorities to take down 500 Soviet monuments, the institute’s director told Polish news site Onet.
Poland has a troubled history with the Soviet Union and its relationship with Moscow is linked to the debate over the 50 years of Soviet influence on the country. The INR was set up in 1998 to handle Communist archives and prevent the dissemination of pro-Soviet propaganda, most crucially by officially equating the establishment of Communism in Poland with an occupation.
Now the president of the INR, Lukasz Kaminski, has announced that state historians are setting …read more
Source: Newsweek
