The Monument in Memory of Chinese from Tiananmen, also known as the Monument of the Victims of the Tiananmen Square Pacification, is a

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at Oławska Street. It commemorates the

1989 Tiananmen Square protests The Tiananmen Square protests, known in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident (), were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing during 1989. In what is known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, or in Chinese the June Fourth ...

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and the victims of following massacre in which People's Liberation Army troops armed with assault rifles and accompanied by

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s fired at the demonstrators and those trying to block the military's advance into

Tiananmen Square Tiananmen Square or Tian'anmen Square (; 天安门广场; Pinyin: ''Tiān'ānmén Guǎngchǎng''; Wade–Giles: ''Tʻien1-an1-mên2 Kuang3-chʻang3'') is a city square in the city center of Beijing, China, named after the eponymous Tiananmen (" ...

. The monument was first created by Igor Wójcik, Robert Jezierski and Joanna Czarnecka in 1989 and was later recreated by Marek Stanielewicz after the original monument was destroyed by the Security Service.

History

The monument was created by Igor Wójcik, Robert Jezierski, Joanna Czarneckain 1989 during the demonstration by oppositionist group in

that followed the events of Tiananmen Square Massacre of June 4. It was revealed at the end of the demonstration and destroyed the following day by Security Service. It was recreated ten years later by Marek Stanielewicz.

Description

The monument is a

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square plate on which lies a run over bike. The trace of tank

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goes through the pavement. It is located in

at Oławska Street, on the small lawn near the pavement. The monument is under the administration of Road Management and Maintenance of the City of Wrocław.

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