Detail View: SHIMMER: Monument to the Home Army and the Polish Underground State
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Title:
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Monument to the Home Army and the Polish Underground State
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Creation Date:
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1999
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Image Date:
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2005
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Period:
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20th century
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Location:
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Warsaw
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Country:
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POLAND
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Display Creator:
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STANISZKAS, Jerzy
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Image ID:
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08-0295
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Description:
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Detail view inside the monument site. Block with inscriptions. War memorials of this kind were not installed until after the collapse of the Soviet Union. This is located outside the Polish Parliament Buildings (Sejm). Photographed the day after the anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising. The monument was consecrated by Pope John Paul II the day following its unveiling.
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Rights:
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© Dave Ball
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Photographed by:
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Dave Ball
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Creator:
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STANISZKAS, Jerzy
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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Polish.
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Subject Heading:
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War memorials -- Poland
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Subject Heading:
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Heritage -- Poland
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Subject Heading:
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Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Uprising, 1944
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Subject Heading:
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Calligraphy
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Subject Heading:
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland
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