Hammer and sickle to return to monument to Red Army soliders

The hammer and sickle symbol is to return to a monument to Red Army soldiers in the Brno district of Kralovo Pole, city councillors decided on Wednesday. The communist symbol was removed without authorisation by the deputy mayor of Kralovo Pole in June. But Brno mayor Roman Onderka said the hammer and sickle should be returned as councillors did not want to rewrite history. Many Russian soldiers died in the liberation of Brno at the end of World War II and some of them are buried at Kralovo Pole. The memorial was built following a collection by local people after the war.

Author: Ian Willoughby