Immediately after singing Rota, members of the Border Defense Movement (ROG) set off carrying a cross toward a memorial dedicated to victims of German atrocities during World War II. At that moment, German police moved against the demonstrators. Officers reportedly began kicking and punching them.
Members of the Border Defense Movement traveled to Berlin with a cross that they intended to place next to a memorial stone commemorating Polish victims of World War II. However, German police arrived at the scene and prevented the cross from being erected.
The volunteers sang Rota and then peacefully proceeded with the cross toward the memorial site. At that point, German police officers moved in on the Polish activists. They allegedly forced them to the ground, kicking and punching them. Another group of officers seized the cross and threw it aside without showing it proper respect.
The entire incident was shown live on the air by journalist Życzkowski of Telewizja Republika.