Social media users shares images of a building in Poland decorated with Nazi flags and swastikas.
The original source of this post is Russian language account wroclaw.here on the social network Instagram. Although the creators of the account announced in the comment to the video that the film was being filmed, the latter began to “live its own life” in the hands of Russian propagandists already without comment.
“Just a normal Saturday in Wroclaw,” reads the caption in Russian on the post.
Screenshot /Shot from the Wrocław filming site of a post shared on social networks
This received a lot of comments from Internet users that the Nazi regime seems to have taken hold in Poland a long time ago, so it is not surprising that such flags appear on buildings.
However, to say that this is an “ordinary Saturday” is an exaggeration, because usually there are no such “decorations” on this building, but they appeared due to the filming of a historical film strip.
How 15 minutes managed to find out by means of open source intelligence (OSINT), this building is the administration of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Wrocław (Polish. Dolnośląski Urząd Wojewódzki we Wrocławiu).
You can take a closer look at the images of the building and its surroundings on the Google maps platform here.
Google maps photo/Lower Silesian Voivodeship administration building in Wrocław
As can be seen from the images captured by Google maps, there are no swastikas on this building on a normal day.
Movie set
How 15 minutes commented Bartosz Wojciechowski, the representative of the administration of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Nazi German flags appeared on the building on April 20 of this year, but not because of the alleged demonstration of views, but because filming was underway.
According to the representative of Vaivadia, the creators did not provide much detailed information about the film, because the project is kept secret for now.
Local media also informed the residents about the filming.
According to the news portal wroclaw.pl publications, the project is shrouded in great mystery. So far, its creators reveal only that it will be a crime series, and its action will take place in the 20th century. in the forties.
The portal informed that the series is produced by the company “ATM Grupa SA” located in the capital of Lower Silesia, and it was ordered by one of the global broadcasting platforms.
ATM Grupa SA, as well spread the messagethat the scenery in the series should not be misinterpreted.
“Due to the specific historical background of the series (Nazi 1930s Germany in the 1930s), scenery will be created in the city space, which will contain specific signs and symbols characteristic of a certain historical period, which should not be understood directly in any way – these are only film scenery,” the statement emphasized. the creators.
Photo by Theodor Scheerer/German Bundesarchiv/Wikimedia.org/German soldiers raising the flag in Athens (May 1941)
15 minutes verdict: missing context. The swastikas and other attributes of Nazi Germany on the buildings were just props – part of the scenery for the historical series.
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