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| The '''Holocaust Memorial''' in ] ({{lang-pl|Pomnik ku czci masowej eksterminacji ludności żydowskiej, Pomnik ofiar getta}}) commemorates the Jewish inhabitants of the city who |
The '''Holocaust Memorial''' in ] ({{lang-pl|Pomnik ku czci masowej eksterminacji ludności żydowskiej, Pomnik ofiar getta}}) commemorates the Jewish inhabitants of the city who were killed during the ]. It was unveiled in 1963. | ||
| In 2006 a controversy erupted when the city government proposed moving the monument to a different location more distant from the city center, to free space in order to build an underground parking lot <ref>Kurier Lubelski article </ref>. After protests from the Jewish community in Poland it was decided that the monument will be moved to a temporary location while construction is carried out, and then afterwards will be returned to its original location <ref> Kurier Lubelski article </ref>. The move was carried out and since January 2007 the monument is standing on Niecała street <ref> Kurier Lubelski article </ref>. Construction is expected to take 3 years, so the monument will be returned around 2010 <ref> Kurier Lubelski article </ref>. | In 2006 a controversy erupted when the city government proposed moving the monument to a different location more distant from the city center, to free space in order to build an underground parking lot <ref>Kurier Lubelski article </ref>. After protests from the Jewish community in Poland it was decided that the monument will be moved to a temporary location while construction is carried out, and then afterwards will be returned to its original location <ref> Kurier Lubelski article </ref>. The move was carried out and since January 2007 the monument is standing on Niecała street <ref> Kurier Lubelski article </ref>. Construction is expected to take 3 years, so the monument will be returned around 2010 <ref> Kurier Lubelski article </ref>. | ||
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The Holocaust Memorial in Lublin (Template:Lang-pl) commemorates the Jewish inhabitants of the city who were killed during the Holocaust. It was unveiled in 1963.
In 2006 a controversy erupted when the city government proposed moving the monument to a different location more distant from the city center, to free space in order to build an underground parking lot . After protests from the Jewish community in Poland it was decided that the monument will be moved to a temporary location while construction is carried out, and then afterwards will be returned to its original location . The move was carried out and since January 2007 the monument is standing on Niecała street . Construction is expected to take 3 years, so the monument will be returned around 2010 .