Peterloo Massacre memorial because it under reported the incident as a dispersal, and the deaths were omitted completely. In a 2006 survey conducted by "The Guardian", Peterloo came second to St. Mary's Church, Putney, the venue for the Putney Debates, as the event from radical British history that most deserved a proper monument. A Peterloo Massacre Memorial Campaign was set up to lobby for a more appropriate monument to an event that has been described as Manchester's Tiananmen Square. In 2007, Manchester City Council replaced the original blue plaque with a red one, giving a fuller account of the events of 1819.
Massacre in Podgaje Massacre in Podgaje The Podgaje Massacre refers to the mass murder of Polish Army soldiers, who were captured in January 1945 by the Waffen SS. It took place on January 31, 1945 in the town of Podgaje. Dutch soldiers of the Kampfgruppe Elster (of 48 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment "General Seyffardt" as a part of 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian)) killed 32 soldiers of 4th Company, 3rd Infantry Regiment, Polish 1st Tadeusz Kosciuszko Infantry Division. Polish soldiers were captured during heavy fighting, in which First Polish Army tried to break through German defensive fortifications, known as the