Protests of workers in Poland on 14-22 December 1970 ( demonstrations , protests, strikes , riots , riots ) mainly in Gdynia , Gdansk , Szczecin and Elblag , suppressed by militia and army The bronze sculpture , designed by Czeslaw Dźwigaja , is 11 meters high and weighs 9.5 tons [1] . It depicts an angel with vertically raised wings, holding a crown of thorns in his hands, styled in the stylized inscription December 1970. The angel stands on a boat that emerges from the ground, shattering the surrounding pavement . Around the statue are four vertical granite slabs with souvenir inscriptions and names of the fallen in December 1970.
The bronze sculpture , designed by Czeslaw Dźwigaja , is 11 meters high and weighs 9.5 tons [1] . It depicts an angel with vertically raised wings, holding a crown of thorns in his hands, styled in the stylized inscription December 1970. The angel stands on a boat that emerges from the ground, shattering the surrounding pavement . Around the statue are four vertical granite slabs with souvenir inscriptions and names of the fallen in December 1970.