Case information
Incident date Dec 6, 2023
Country Poland
Place Bydgoszcz Categories Social Hostility / Intolerance Perpetrator / Motive Indicators Hate Crime & Violent Incidents Vandalism (all) Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol Place of Incident Public Christian Symbol (outside place of worship) Bias Indicators Lack of Other Motive Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community Time/Place/Location Response of Local Authorities Case information
Incident date Dec 6, 2023
Country Poland
Place Bydgoszcz Categories Social Hostility / Intolerance Perpetrator / Motive Indicators Hate Crime & Violent Incidents Vandalism (all) Vandalism of Public Christian Symbol Place of Incident Public Christian Symbol (outside place of worship) Bias Indicators Lack of Other Motive Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community Time/Place/Location Response of Local Authorities Image credit: Wyborcza On the night of December 6, 2023, the nativity scene next to the Church of St. Nicholas on the market square in Stary Fordon in Bydgoszcz was vandalised. Three young men recorded on city surveillance destroyed, among other things, the wooden walls, floor, gates and hinges of the Nativity scene.
