The monument of the Gratitude for the Soviet Army Soldiers is pictured in Warsaw, Poland May 23, 2016. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
WROCLAW, Poland (Reuters) - A Polish agency is campaigning to take monuments to the Soviet armed forces off the streets, dubbing them a bitter reminder of Moscow's domination, and consign them to less conspicuous "educational parks".
The state-backed Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), which probes crimes from World War Two to the end of communist rule, wants local authorities to take down so-called "monuments of gratitude to the Red Army".
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