Sold Christian Cemetery Planned to Become Holiday Retreat Area

Case information
Incident date
Country
Poland
Place
Bialogóra
Categories
  • Government Restrictions
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Societal Sphere
  • Governmental
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Desecration
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Censorship or Removal of Public Christian Symbols
  • Access to Justice or Services
Place of Incident
  • Cemetery
Bias Indicators
  • Racial/Ethnic/Gender/Cultural Differences
  • Significance of Property/Structure/Location to religious community
  • Victim/Witness Perception
Reported to Police
  • Unknown
Response of Local Authorities
  • Unknown
Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Edward Howell on Unsplash

In the North of Poland, in the city of Bialogóra, the cemetery where about 400 Christian believers are buried, is threatened with plans of turning it into a holiday retreat area. Many of the descendants of the buried now live in Lithuania. The community was not warned about the construction plans. The government representatives says they didn't know the history of the property and sold it to a private enterprise, which is continuing their plans in spite of the protest from the community.

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