Soviet-era graves vandalised in Poland
PR dla Zagranicy
Roberto Galea
25.09.2015 14:35
Unknown vandals damaged more than 50 tombstones in the cemetery of Soviet soldiers in Milejczyce in north-eastern Poland.
The cemetery in Milejczyce. Photo: OPWiM
Red stars which decorated each monument were broken.
The damage was reported to the authorities by Milejczyce mayor Jerzy Iwanowiec.
The police are currently conducting an investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Damaging graves is a crime in Poland, and could lead to sentences of up to five years in prison.
The cemetery in Milejczyce contains grave of Soviet-Army soldiers who fought during the Second World War – a total of more than 1,600 people.
The central element of the cemetery is a concrete pedestal with a large hand and a metal Russian Orthodox Church cross. The inscription on the pedestal reads “Heroic Soviet Army soldiers who fell in the fight against Nazism in 1941-1944. Honour to their memory”. (rg/rk)