Either in information transmitted by the mass media or discussions concerning the phenomenon of terrorism which take place in many countries (including Poland), in the mainstream of reflections on the activity of organized terrorist groups or so-called ‘lone-wolf’ terrorists, there are no expressly exposed dangers to the cultural heritage, including historical monuments. But cases in which exceptionally valuable historical heritage goods are intentionally and cynically annihilated in military conflicts or in consequence of acts of terrorism took place in the past, exist nowadays, and, unfortunately, will appear in the future. As far as in military conflicts – in the meaning present in public international law – there is a hope that such con...