Malopolskie

27th August 2010

"The Rysy cross isn’t connected with anyone’s death, and nobody knows who put it there,”

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A metal cross which had been illegally placed on the summit of Rysy, the highest mountain in Poland, was removed this week by the Tatra National Park (TPN) authorities. At the same time some outdated border markers and unauthorised advertising materials were removed.

“The cross was put up on somebody’s personal whim, without our approval or asking the church,” Pawel Skawinski, head of the TPN, told reporters. The cross was undefended and no resistance was encountered in it removal, despite the fact being announced earlier. “The cross in Warsaw is associated with the deaths of many people, so it arouses strong emotions. The Rysy cross isn’t connected with anyone’s death, and nobo ...

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