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Świebodzin’s statue of Jesus: sacred space or tourist destination?

Świebodzin’s statue of Jesus: sacred space or tourist destination?

By Robert Parkin

I have been visiting western Poland for the past quarter of a century and more, partly for personal reasons, partly to do research especially on politics and identity in what until WWII had been a German region. My base while there has been Świebodzin, a small town of about 21,000 people situated roughly in the …

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