A conservative polish opposition and catholic has protested that the Madonna concert in Warsaw today is an anti-Polish provocation because of the anniversary of the beginning of the World War II Warsaw Uprising.
Catholic and veterans’ groups in Poland are protesting against a concert by Madonna in Warsaw.
Some are urging ticket-holders to boycott today Madonna’s performance, which comes 68 years after the city’s failed revolt against Nazi occupation began. But the organizers of the Madonna concert in Warsaw have agreed to show a short clip about the events of 1944 before the Madonna extreme-show.
Every year, Poles commemorate the 200 thousand lives lost during the uprising. One Polish catholic group called Youth Crusade (Krucjata Mlodych), has started an online campaign urging people not to attend the Madonna’s concert in Warsaw. They say more than 50 thousand people have signed up to their Don’t Go To See Madonna controversial campaign.
Catholic protesting over Madonna concert in Warsaw / Concert on Warsaw Uprising anniversary triggers boycott calls
The Warsaw Uprising began on 1 August 1944 and lasted 63 days before the Polish Home Army was crushed by German Nazi forces. An estimated 200,000 Poles lost their lives in the ultimately doomed resistance and 1 August is marked every year by various ceremonies throughout the capital of Poland.
Stanisław Pieta, an MP for the Law and Justice (PiS) opposition party has written to sports minister Joanna Mucha in protest against the Madonna concert being staged at the new National Stadium in Warsaw at the present day.
Stanislaw Pieta wrote in a statement : ‘ Veteran organisations, patriotic and Catholic movements express their outrage and opposition to the concert by Madonna Louise Ciccone, to be held at the National Stadium on August 1. The first day of August is a very important anniversary for Poles, and especially for the citizens of Warsaw. We have already collected several thousand signatures and issued dozens of calls in protest at the event. ‘
Madonna’s world tour has been surrounded by controversy in France, now in Poland
The polish group also says anti-Madonna Mass services and street prayer sessions have been held. They accuse the Madonna singer of offending their faith through her use of burning cross and crown of thorns imagery, and say that Madonna promotes pornography and sexual deviation.
Billboards around the capital promoting the Madonna concert in Warsaw have been defaced with the sign of the Polish Home Army, the largest underground army in Nazi-occupied Europe.
In an attempt to appease the protesters, the Warsaw local authority and the Live Nation company which is staging the concert have agreed to screen a short film documenting the events of the Warsaw Uprising before pop singer icon Madonna finally comes on stage.
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