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Sign: New York - A memorial statue of Father Jerzy Popieluszko


Address:
Father Jerzy Popieluszko Walkway, Brooklyn, NY 11222, USA
Category:
Monuments and History
City:
New York, NY For all manhole covers in New York, NY
Country:
USA For all manhole covers in USA
Shape:
Rectangle
Material:
Metal
Placement:
Ground
Tags:
Political murder and assassination  Stanisław Lutostański 
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On the sign:
[Polish]
ZLO DOBREM ZWYCIEZAJ
JAN PAWEL II
KU PAMIECI
KS. JERZEGO POPIELUSZKI
1947 - 1984
KAPLANA
OBRONCY OJCZYZNY
BOHATERA PRAWDY
I NARODOWEJ SOLIDARNOSCI
ZAMORDOWANEGO OKRUTNIE PRZEZ KOMMUNISTOW.
W DN. 19 PAZDZIERNIKA 1984 R.
W HOLDZIE
KONGRES POLONII AMERYKANSKIEJ
NA DOLNA CZESC STANU NOWEGO YORKU

[English]
CONQUER EVIL WITH GOOD
JOHN PAUL II
IN MEMORY OF
FATHER JERZY POPIELUSZKO
1947 - 1984
PRIEST,
DEFENDER OF HIS COUNTRY
AND NATIONAL SOLIDARITY,
MARTYR FOR THE TRUTH,
BY THE HANDS OF COMMUNISTS
IN POLAND ON 19 OCTOBER 1984.
POLISH AMERICAN CONGRESS
DOWNSTATE N.Y. DIVISION
Photography:
2021
Ariel Rubinstein
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The sculpture created by the sculptor Stanisław Lutostański was photographed by the same photographer that day Click for a larger image

Jerzy Popieluszko was a Polish Catholic priest affiliated with the Solidarity Movement (initially led by Lech Valensa). He was assassinated in 1984 by agents of the Polish Ministry of Homeland Security, and was later recognized as a Martyr by the Catholic Church.

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