Monument forms: Monument destruction

Memory Alley

Location: Near Brest, Belarus Submitted by: Uladzimir Hramovich
Figurative sculptureLarge sculptureMemorial siteMonument destructionMonument modificationMonument removalDecommunisationOther 2017.
Initiated by: pro-regime activist and businesswoman Natalia Ilnitskaya
Description: Striking example of this process is the "Memory Alley" project near Brest, initiated by pro-regim...

Rechenzentrum versus Garison church Potsdam

Location: The monument is located in the Centre of Potsdam, at an Area called "Plantage"
Monument destructionNationalist propaganda 2017.
Designed by: The original project was designed Philipp Gerlach, the reconstruction proejct by the architect fi... Initiated by: While the project was initiated by right wing activist, it is now realized by the protestand chur...
Description: In 1984, the West German right-wing army officer Max Klaar, started an in initiative for the reco...

Destruction of the Monument of Gratitude to the Red Army

Location: Skaryszewski Park, Warsaw
Figurative sculptureLarge sculptureMonument destructionDecommunisation 2018.
Initiated by: The Polish government, especially through institutions like the Institute of National Remembrance...
Description: The monument was dedicated to Soviet soldiers who died during World War II, who fell in September...