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Location Category ID:
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16215
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Rynek, 59-330 Ścinawa
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Accessible at any time
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Odkrywca
Wikipedia.pl – Ścinawa
Garnek
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Latitude, Longitude: |
51.41664589
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16.42536252
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There is a war memorial in the Rynek (market square) in Ścinawa consisting of a tank on top of a high angled plinth. The town was a stronghold of resistance for German troops in Lower Silesia. Many fortifications were built in the suburbs including more than sixty concrete shelters. It was defended by training school NCOs and students with more than thirty tanks and a large amount of artillery. After heavy fighting it was captured by Soviet troops on 31 January 1945, by which time most of it was in ruins. The fighting is commemorated by the memorial which is located in front of the town hall. (Source: Wikipedia.pl).
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Unique ID: |
2248
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Red stars painted on turret sides and hull rear.
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This T-34 is mounted on a plinth in Ścinawa. The story is that it was the first of a group of three tanks to cross the nearby Oder River as armoured reconnaissance. Without support, the town was re-occupied by the Germans, the bridge was blown up and the tanks were surrounded and destroyed (source: Odkrywca). However, it has been suggested that this tank was instead randomly selected for the memorial from a group of tanks held after the war near the old airport (source: Garnek). The plinth originally had a large Soviet plaque on the side but this has been removed or painted over and there is now a small plaque on the front that reads:
PAMIĘCI POLEGŁYM
W CZASIE WALK
W STYCZNIU 1945 r | IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED
DURING THE FIGHTING
JANUARY 1945 |
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