Wrocław, Lower Silesia
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Cemeteries and monuments

Monument to the Victory of the Polish Soldier

ul. Bernarda Pretficza, Wrocław
About Monument to the Victory of the Polish Soldier

A monument on Bernarda Pretficza Street in Wrocław from 1948, commemorating the victory of the Polish soldier in 1945, on a plinth from a pre-war monument to Moltke.

The Monument to the Victory of the Polish Soldier stands on Bernarda Pretficza Street in Wrocław, in the Powstańców Śląskich district, in front of the building of the former officers' club of the Silesian Military District. It was created in 1948 and commemorates the victory of the Polish soldier in 1945.

A soldier trampling a swastika

The monument depicts a soldier carrying a banner and trampling a swastika, set on a tall granite plinth with an inscribed plaque.

A plinth from an earlier monument

The construction reused a plinth that had previously belonged to a monument to Helmuth von Moltke, which stood on the same spot before the Second World War.

Practical information

  • Location: Bernarda Pretficza Street, Wrocław, Powstańców Śląskich district
  • Getting there: within about a kilometre of the Old Jewish Cemetery in Wrocław
  • What to expect: a monument viewed from street level, in front of the building of the former officers' club
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