As if on command, German police officers moved against activists of the Border Defence Movement (ROG), who, carrying a cross, intended to proceed to the memorial site for Poles murdered by Germans during the Second World War. We have gathered the most important moments from the incident. We have footage from various perspectives; each of them lays bare the brutality of the Berlin police.
On Tuesday, members of the Border Defence Movement arrived in Berlin at the site of a boulder placed near the German parliament to commemorate Polish victims of the Second World War. They wanted to place a symbolic cross there, but German police refused to allow it. A brutal attack on the assembled Poles followed.
Immediately after singing Rota, members of the Border Defence Movement set off with the cross towards the memorial site for the victims of German crimes during the Second World War. At that moment, German police attacked the demonstrators. Officers began kicking them and beating them with their fists. Some ROG members were taken to hospital, including the movement’s leader, Robert Bąkiewicz.
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TV Republika covered the incident live from beginning to end. Janusz Życzkowski was at the scene and, despite attempts by German police to obstruct the broadcast, managed to show the entire commotion in detail.
We have gathered photos and recordings from other perspectives, material captured by those ROG activists who managed to escape the Berlin police crackdown. The footage clearly shows the condition of the battered patriots and the circumstances in which they were treated by paramedics shortly before being taken to hospital.