A scandal has erupted in Warsaw surrounding an installation called "Alley of Heroes," dedicated to Ukrainian soldiers who lost their lives in the war. The essence of the installation consists of posters featuring photos of the defenders, but, as they say, "never has there been anything like this, and here we are again": the Poles have cut off their faces so that anyone can insert their own and take a photo.
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SubscribeThe posters display the years of life and death of these heroes.
A Ukrainian named Daria Vasyutina shared a video of this alley on Instagram and could not contain her outrage. She wrote that people joyfully taking photos with the posters clearly do not realize that behind each photograph lies a great tragedy.
"People come up with happy faces, taking pictures there. It feels surreal. The poster says 'become a hero,' as if one can only become a hero by being deceased. And people don’t even notice that these posters represent great pain, not just a cheerful patriotic spectacle. I don’t yet know what grand meaning the 'artists' intended with this, but whatever it is, it looks simply awful," she wrote.
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Many Ukrainians perceived this approach as inappropriate and even dismissive. The cut-out faces and the opportunity to insert one’s photo next to the deceased created a sense that the sacrifice of these individuals, who gave their lives for the freedom of their country, has been devalued.
Users in the comments echoed Daria's sentiments:
"Why cut the faces of the heroes who gave their lives for our country? They could have just generated fictional soldiers; this is just horrific. They write the date of birth, the date of death, yet the faces are erased…"
"What nonsense is going through the minds of the author and those who approved this abomination?"
"What drives people to create such garbage? How can other people feel like 'heroes' by inserting their face into a poster where the faces of war casualties have been erased? How are those who lost loved ones supposed to look at all this? They are profiting from someone else's grief. How can one be so heartless?"