Swastika on Polish memorial

23rd July 2011

The new plaque explains the reason behind the swastika

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Authorities in the Tatra national park unveiled a plaque informing people just why they might encounter the swastika symbol in the mountains despite it being synonymous with Nazi evil.

In particular the Nazi emblem appears on a memorial stone to a Polish composer and conductor who died in a mountain avalanche in 1909. The stone carries the man’s name, Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, at the top and a small swastika at the foot.

The memorial also stands near a popular tourist route so the chances were high that a walker would encounter the stone and be left wondering why they had found a Nazi memorial in Poland given the litany of sins perpetrated on the Polish people by the Germans.

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