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Memorial to the Heroes of the Warsaw Uprising

The monument is located on Plac Krasinskich near Dluga Street.

Warsaw Uprising at the end of World War II has seen one of the biggest bloodsheds in all of the War. During the uprising the city was almost flattened.

During the 50th anniversary commemorations of the uprising in 1994 the German president Roman Hertzog visited the monument and apologized to the nation for what it had to endure during the World War II.

The monument portrays solidiers defending a barricade and others descending into sewers.