Comments on: Statue Swing in Warsaw http://urbanprankster.com/2008/12/statue-swing-in-warsaw/ Thu, 28 Apr 2011 03:51:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: m. http://urbanprankster.com/2008/12/statue-swing-in-warsaw/comment-page-1/#comment-1108 m. Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:47:38 +0000 http://urbanprankster.com/?p=403#comment-1108 Aye cute innovation. Aye cute innovation.

]]> By: Kamil Krajewski http://urbanprankster.com/2008/12/statue-swing-in-warsaw/comment-page-1/#comment-1086 Kamil Krajewski Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:39:53 +0000 http://urbanprankster.com/?p=403#comment-1086 This was not really Red Army but part of Polish Army (as a matter of fact my grandpa was in this formation...), that was unfortunately dependent on Stalin... You can read more historical background and on her project at Kamila Szejnach webpage: http://kamilaszejnoch.vizz.pl/posters.html take care! Kamil This was not really Red Army but part of Polish Army (as a matter of fact my grandpa was in this formation…), that was unfortunately dependent on Stalin…

You can read more historical background and on her project at Kamila Szejnach webpage:

http://kamilaszejnoch.vizz.pl/posters.html

take care!

Kamil

]]> By: Andrew Faulkner http://urbanprankster.com/2008/12/statue-swing-in-warsaw/comment-page-1/#comment-1084 Andrew Faulkner Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:28:17 +0000 http://urbanprankster.com/?p=403#comment-1084 Extremely appropriate because, if I remember correctly, this is a statue to the Red Army in WW II, which pretends that they were reaching across the river helplessly while their brethren fought against the Germans during the Warsaw Uprising. In reality, Stalin had stalled the Red Army hoping the Germans would kill all the nationalistic Poles who were fighting to liberate Warsaw on the other side. You couldn't pick a better place to mock. Extremely appropriate because, if I remember correctly, this is a statue to the Red Army in WW II, which pretends that they were reaching across the river helplessly while their brethren fought against the Germans during the Warsaw Uprising. In reality, Stalin had stalled the Red Army hoping the Germans would kill all the nationalistic Poles who were fighting to liberate Warsaw on the other side. You couldn’t pick a better place to mock.

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