Lublin Holocaust Memorial

The Holocaust Memorial in Lublin (Polish: Pomnik ku czci masowej eksterminacji ludności żydowskiej, Pomnik ofiar getta) commemorates the Jewish inhabitants of the city who were killed during the Holocaust. It was unveiled in 1963.

In 2006, a controversy erupted when the city government proposed moving the monument to a different location more distant from the city center in order to free space to build an underground parking lot.[1] After protests from the Jewish community in Poland, it was decided that the monument would be moved to a temporary location while construction is carried out, and then afterwards would be returned to its original location.[2] The move was carried out and, since January 2007, the monument stands on Niecała street.[3] Construction was expected to take 3 years, so the monument was expected be returned around 2010.[4]

See also

References
  1. Kurier Lubelski article Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Kurier Lubelski article Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Kurier Lubelski article Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Kurier Lubelski article Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

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