Freedom Monument (Bydgoszcz)

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Freedom Monument

Polish: Pomnik Wolności
Freedom Monument in Bydgoszcz
53°07′37″N 18°00′18″E / 53.1269°N 18.0050°E / 53.1269; 18.0050
Location	Bydgoszcz, Poland
Designer	Jan Kossowski
Type	obelisk
Completion date	7/11/1945 then 10/11/1945
Dedicated to	Winning Armies in 1945 and Bydgoszcz return to National Territory

Freedom Monument (Polish: Pomnik Wolności) is a monument in Bydgoszcz commemorating both the fallen Soviet and Polish soldiers who fought during the liberation of the city in January 1945, and the return of Bydgoszcz to Poland on 20 January 1920.

The monument has a shape of an obelisk. At the base is a plaque with the inscription: "'Libera Civitas Bydgostiensis'" (City of Bydgoszcz Free). On the front wall of the monument are reliefs and plaques, and on other walls, among others, stands tombstone commemorating eleven Soviet soldiers killed .