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A Boy Insurgent

  • August 15, 2006
  • Rated 4 of 5 by mightywease from Carshalton, United Kingdom
A Boy Insurgent

This very effecting statue of a small boy in a too-large helmet holding a rifle commemorates those children who lost their lives in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.

For 63 days, Polish resistance forces fought to regain control of the city from Nazi occupiers. They were not successful, but the desire for freedom and the spirit they demonstrated is something that seems to remain close to the hearts of the Polish people.

The statue was designed by Polish sculpture Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz and erected in 1983. It can be found by the city walls on ul Podwale, a short walk from the Royal Castle or the Old Market Square.

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