Poznańskie Krzyże
Poznań, Poland
Poznań June 1956 Monument (Poznań Crosses) (Pomnik Poznańskiego Czerwca 1956, also Poznańskie Krzyże) is a monument on Adam Mickiewicz Square in the Imperial District in Poznań, commemorating the 1956 Poznań protests (also known as Poznań June) and subsequent protests in the Polish People's Republic. It was erected on June 19 and officially unveiled on June 28, 1981, on the 25th anniversary of the June events. The monument consists of two steel crosses: 19.5-meter and 21-meter high (symbols of death and resurrection) connected together, and a monument with the head of an eagle. On the left cross there is the date 1956, referring to Poznań June 56, while on the right cross there are the dates 1968, 1970, 1976, 1980 and 1981. On the right side of the monument there are the main slogans of the protesting workers: "For God, for freedom, law, and bread," and the inscription: "June 1956."
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