Obviously Rubinsteins nose is touched by many people. I thought this could say something about the complicated relationship the Poles have or had with the Jews. Of course I asked people. But "taking somebody by the nose" means just 'good luck'.
Seen in this way it's a funny, cheerful, probably a little bit selfish but nevertheless a nice gesture.
And every statue with a reachable nose gets the same treatment! See for proof this statue from the Polish poet Julian Tuwin , also on Piotrkowska.
But as I found out now, also Julian Tuwin is Jewish... So I don't know yet for sure. And by the way, the man in the background is not a gunfighter but a photographer... Playing around with statues you see here.
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