Volhynian Massacre Memorial (Warsaw)

Volhynian Massacre Memorial (Polish: Pomnik Rzezi Wołyńskiej) is a monument in Warsaw, Poland, located at the Volhynian Square in the district of Żoliborz.

[1] The dominant feature of the monument is a seven-meter cross with a figure of Jesus Christ without arms.

[2] In front of the cross, there are 18 plaques with the names of towns from seven pre-war voivodeships of the Second Polish Republic: Wołyń, Polesie, Stanisławów, Tarnopol, Lwów, and partially Lublin and Kraków.

One of the plaques bears the inscription:[3] In tribute to Polish citizens, victims of a mass crime with signs of genocide committed by OUN-UPA between 1942 and 1947 in the territories of the former seven voivodeships of the Second Polish Republic.

A sarcophagus at the foot of the cross will contain soil from 2,136 towns, the names of which are listed on the plaques.