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On 11 September 2001, a few thousand people were killed in New York in the most tragic terrorist attack in the history
of mankind. Over the past five years, a wave of terrorism has swept throughout the world. The biggest tragedies struck
people in Moscow, Madrid, Jerusalem, London and Byeslan. Terrorism, more and more often chosen as a way of solving
international tensions and problems, has become a disease of civilisation at the turn of the third millennium, leaving
thousands of innocent deaths in its wake. There is not a single place in this world where people can be safe from
terrorism, and there is no exaggeration in the words Their fate can become ours tomorrow. We, the people, face a task
of uniting our efforts to oppose growing hatred and violence in the name of saving high ideals and values that the
mankind has been creating for generations. For nobody can claim a right to take others' lives in the name of any idea.
The intention behind this project is not only to immortalize victims of terrorist attacks, but also a need to
voice a protest against actions resulting from prejudice, xenophobia and a feeling of superiority. The inscription on the
Homo Homini Memorial is to evoke a deep reflection and to be reminder coming from a place abused by totalitarian ideologies
of Fascism and Stalinism. From the placed scarred with painful events. Homo Homini are words that carry hope and faith
that a man need not be another's foe. The author of the memorial is Professor Adam Myjak.
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