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Warsaw In Your Pocket - Little Insurgent Monument
The communist authorities continually thwarted efforts to commemorate the Uprising, though by the early 1980s cracks in their resolve were beginning to show. On October 1, 1983, the most poignant of all Uprising monuments was unveiled by the walls of the Barbakan; designed by Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz, and funded by collections undertaken by scouts, the bronze installation shows the figure of a boy soldier clutching a Sten gun and weighed down by an adult-sized helmet. Commemorating the children who served as messengers and frontline troops, the figure is inspired by the story of 13 year old corporal Antek, himself killed in action close to the scene on August 8, 1944.
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Monument to the Little Insurgent in Warsaw, Polish People' s Republic 1983
Warszawskie dzieci, pójdziemy w bój - za każdy kamień twój, stolico damy krew
Varsovian children, we'll head into battle - for every stone of yours, we shall give our blood
Despite the anticommunist Propaganda (it was not allowed to say the words Home Army, the soviets wanted the destruction of Warsaw, Stalin didn´t help Warsaw, and other lies) the History is here to teach us the truth.
The monument was designed by Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz in 1946 , when he studied sculpture at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts , while working as a volunteer in the clearing of the city . The sculpture itself was created in the studio of the Capital Reconstruction Office . Jarnuszkiewicz received for his work, bearing the title Child-hero , a distinction in the competition for a sculpture commemorating the uprising organized by the Association of Polish Artists .
For many years, the Mały Powstaniec was known mainly for its numerous miniature copies, reminiscent of the days of the insurgent struggle in many families. They were distributed by the studio of Władysław Miecznik as the work of Jan Małeta . In 1979, the Warsaw court settled a dispute over the authorship of the sculpture, sometimes referred to as the Antique Spray , in favor of Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz [1] .
The initiative of erecting the monument of the youngest participants of the Warsaw Uprising was made by scouts from Chorągwi Stołeczna ZHP im. Bohaterów Warszawy as part of the celebration of the 15th anniversary of granting the banner of the name. Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz donated his project to scouts and prepared free documentation needed to make a cast at Zakłady Mechaniczne im. Marcela Nowotki in Warsaw. Money to cover the costs of work associated with setting and casting the monument (about 1 million zlotys ) were collected by the scouts.
The unveiling of the monument on October 1, 1983 took the form of a solemn scouting gathering. The unveiling was made by the scout-Warsaw insurgent Jerzy Świderski in the presence of hundreds of scouts from Warsaw and other Polish cities, as well as representatives of the authorities and residents of the capital. The honor of the youngest soldiers of the Warsaw Uprising [2] took the honor guard in front of the monument .
Monument został zaprojektowany przez Jerzego Jarnuszkiewicza w 1946, gdy studiował rzeźbiarstwo na warszawskiej Akademii Sztuk Pięknych, pracując równocześnie jako wolontariusz przy odgruzowywaniu miasta. Sama rzeźba powstała w pracowni Biura Odbudowy Stolicy. Jarnuszkiewicz otrzymał za swoje dzieło, noszące wówczas tytuł Dziecko-bohater, wyróżnienie w organizowanym przez Związek Polskich Artystów Plastyków konkursie na rzeźbę upamiętniającą powstanie.
Przez wiele lat Mały Powstaniec był znany głównie z licznych miniaturowych kopii, przypominających w wielu rodzinach o dniach powstańczej walki. Rozprowadzane były przez pracownię Władysława Miecznika jako dzieło Jana Małety. W 1979 warszawski sąd rozstrzygnął spór dotyczący autorstwa rzeźby, nazywanej niekiedy Antkiem Rozpylaczem, na korzyść Jerzego Jarnuszkiewicza[1].
Z inicjatywą wzniesienia pomnika najmłodszych uczestników powstania warszawskiego wystąpili harcerze z Chorągwi Stołecznej ZHP im. Bohaterów Warszawy w ramach obchodów 15. rocznicy nadania chorągwi imienia. Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz ofiarował harcerzom swój projekt oraz przygotował nieodpłatnie dokumentację potrzebną do wykonania odlewu w Zakładach Mechanicznych im. Marcelego Nowotki w Warszawie. Pieniądze na pokrycie kosztów prac związanych z odlaniem i ustawieniem monumentu (około 1 mln złotych) zostały zebrane przez harcerzy.
Odsłonięcie pomnika 1 października 1983 przybrało formę uroczystej zbiórki harcerskiej. Odsłonięcia dokonał harcerz-powstaniec warszawski Jerzy Świderski w obecności setek harcerzy z Warszawy i innych miast Polski, a także przedstawicieli władz oraz mieszkańców stolicy. Wartę honorową przed pomnikiem zaciągnęli rówieśnicy najmłodszych żołnierzy powstania warszawskiego
Warsaw Uprising and Warsaw Ghetto sites and monuments
Warsaw Uprising monuments, Warsaw Ghetto monuments and Walls and Chlodna Street footbridge monument.
Music ..... Chopin's Prelude in E Minor
Warsaw Uprising Monument Poland October 22 2009
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POMNIK MAŁEGO POWSTAŃCA WARSZAWSKIEGO - WARSZAWA 15 SIERPNIA 2017
Pomnik Małego Powstańca Warszawskiego, sfilmowany 15 sierpnia 2017 o 12:02. Pomnik znajduje się przy ulicy Podwale u zbiegu z ulicą Wąski Dunaj, przy zewnętrznym murze obronnym Starego Miasta w Warszawie. Upamiętnia najmłodszych uczestników Powstania Warszawskiego. Mały Powstaniec, or the Little Insurgent in English, is a moving small statue of a very young boy soldier in commemoration of the youngest insurgents, child soldiers who fought and died during the Warsaw Uprising (1 August-2 October) 1944. The statue was designed by Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz in 1946, but it was not until 1983 when the statue was unveiled. The touching statue is situated on Podwale Street at Wąski Dunaj Street next to the outer ramparts (or city walls) of the Old Town in Warsaw. We like to come here every year in August to commemorate all the brave children and people who fought and died in the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. The statue is best visible in broad sunlight just like here. Filmed at 12:02 P.M. on August 15, 2017.
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Warsaw In Your Pocket - Warsaw Uprising (Powstanie Warszawskie)
Warsaw In Your Pocket editor Alex Webber at the memorial to the Warsaw Uprising. Sightseeing and Warsaw dont usually go together, and the blame for that falls on her citizens. While some cities may have been happy to wait out Nazi occupation, the Warsaw locals were having none of that. The ensuing uprising which took place in 1944 would become both the most glorious and tragic episode in the citys history. Doomed from the outset the Warsaw Uprising enraged Hitler, and his retribution proved swift and brutal. Warsaw was to be wiped from the face of the map, and his cronies set about their orders with a zealous fury. While Red Army tanks stood stoically stationed across the river the Nazis set about blasting western Warsaw from the map. Anything deemed of cultural importance was dynamited, and whole districts were set on fire. By the time liberation arrived, over 90% of the city lay in total ruin. I have seen many towns destroyed, but nowhere have I been faced with such destruction, commented a visibly moved Eisenhower on a later visit to the city. That the city still stands at all is tribute enough to the indefatigable spirit of the Polish capital.
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Warsaw Statues & Monuments for Kids!
Warsaw is full of Statues & Monuments of great heroes and legends for kids. Through our hunt, we got to learn more about the stories behind the stone bear, the warsaw mermaid, the brave people and child soldiers who lost their lives during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, Nicolaus Copernicus, the golden duck and Jan Kiliński, the unlikely hero in the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising.
POMNIK MAŁEGO POWSTAŃCA W WARSZAWIE 20 MAJA 2018
Pomnik Małego Powstańca w Warszawie, sfilmowany o 13:16 20 maja 2018. Mały Powstaniec (the Little Insurrectionist) is a bronze statue in commemoration of the child soldiers who fought and died during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. It is located on Podwale Street, next to the ramparts of Warsaw’s Old Town. Here I filmed it at 1:16 P.M. on a beautiful sunny day - May 20, 2018.
The statue is of a young boy wearing a helmet too large for his head and holding a submachine gun. It is reputed to be of a fighter who went by the pseudonym of Antek, and was killed on 8 August 1944 at the age of 13. The helmet and submachine gun are stylized after German equipment, which was captured during the Warsaw Uprising and used by the resistance fighters against the occupying forces.
Pomnik Małego Powstańca – pomnik znajdujący się przy ulicy Podwale u zbiegu z ulicą Wąski Dunaj, przy zewnętrznym murze obronnym Starego Miasta w Warszawie. Upamiętnia najmłodszych uczestników powstania warszawskiego. Monument został zaprojektowany przez Jerzego Jarnuszkiewicza w 1946, gdy studiował rzeźbiarstwo na warszawskiej Akademii Sztuk Pięknych, pracując równocześnie jako wolontariusz przy odgruzowywaniu miasta. Sama rzeźba powstała w pracowni Biura Odbudowy Stolicy. Jarnuszkiewicz otrzymał za swoje dzieło, noszące wówczas tytuł Dziecko-bohater, wyróżnienie w organizowanym przez Związek Polskich Artystów Plastyków konkursie na rzeźbę upamiętniającą powstanie. Przez wiele lat Mały Powstaniec był znany głównie z licznych miniaturowych kopii, przypominających w wielu rodzinach o dniach powstańczej walki. Rozprowadzane były przez pracownię Władysława Miecznika jako dzieło Jana Małety. W 1979 warszawski sąd rozstrzygnął spór dotyczący autorstwa rzeźby, nazywanej niekiedy Antkiem Rozpylaczem, na korzyść Jerzego Jarnuszkiewicza. Z inicjatywą wzniesienia pomnika najmłodszych uczestników powstania warszawskiego wystąpili harcerze z Chorągwi Stołecznej ZHP im. Bohaterów Warszawy w ramach obchodów 15. rocznicy nadania chorągwi imienia. Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz ofiarował harcerzom swój projekt oraz przygotował nieodpłatnie dokumentację potrzebną do wykonania odlewu w Zakładach Mechanicznych im. Marcelego Nowotki w Warszawie. Pieniądze na pokrycie kosztów prac związanych z odlaniem i ustawieniem monumentu (około 1 mln złotych) zostały zebrane przez harcerzy. Odsłonięcie pomnika 1 października 1983 przybrało formę uroczystej zbiórki harcerskiej. Odsłonięcia dokonał harcerz-powstaniec warszawski Jerzy Świderski w obecności setek harcerzy z Warszawy i innych miast Polski, a także przedstawicieli władz oraz mieszkańców stolicy. Wartę honorową przed pomnikiem zaciągnęli rówieśnicy najmłodszych żołnierzy powstania warszawskiego.
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Wspomnienia z miejsc niezwykłych - Erinnerungen an ungewöhnliche Orte - Memories from and of unusual places - Spomienky z neobvyklých miest.
All Saint's Day Cementery Rakowicki [Wszystkich Swietych] ALL HALLOWS DAY!
Rakowicki Cementery - Cmentarz Rakowicki is a cemetery in Poland, located in the centre of Cracow - Kraków. Founded at the beginning of the 19th century when the region was part of Austria-Hungary, the cemetery was expanded several times, and at present covers an area of about 42 hectares. Many notable Cracovians, among them the parents of Pope John Paul II, are buried here. The Rakowicki Cemetery was set up in 1800–1802 at an estate in Prądnik Czerwony village. The cemetery is a national monument of great historical and artistic value. Its selected gravestones and mausoleums are the work of well-known architects, among them, Teofil Żebrawski, Feliks Księżarski, Sławomir Odrzywolski, Jakub Szczepkowski, as well as sculptors such as Konstanty Laszczka, Tadeusz Błotnicki, Wacław Szymanowski, Karol Hukana and others.
Not only is the Rakowice necropolis a testimony to Polish history of the previous 200 years, which makes it a place of a great historical value, but also an example of a historic garden cemetery with valuable stand and outstanding examples of small architecture, sculpture and craftsmanship.
The route around the cemetery presented here encompasses 22 sites in the old cemetery and 8 in the war necropolis. The whole route takes two hours.
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Warsaw Old Town, Warsaw, Masovian, Poland, Europe
Warsaw's Old Town is the oldest historic district of the city. It is bounded by Wybrzeże Gdańskie, along the bank of the Vistula, and by Grodzka, Mostowa and Podwale Streets. It is one of Warsaw's most prominent tourist attractions. The heart of the area is the Old Town Market Place, with its restaurants, cafés and shops. Surrounding streets feature medieval architecture such as the city walls, the Barbican and St. John's Cathedral. Warsaw's Old Town was established in the 13th century. Initially surrounded by an earthwork rampart, prior to 1339 it was fortified with brick city walls. The town originally grew up around the castle of the Dukes of Mazovia that later became the Royal Castle. The Market Square (Rynek Starego Miasta) was laid out sometime in the late 13th or early 14th century, along the main road linking the castle with the New Town to the north. Until 1817 the Old Town's most notable feature was the Town Hall built before 1429. In 1701 the square was rebuilt by Tylman Gamerski, and in 1817 the Town Hall was demolished. Since the 19th century, the four sides of the Market Square have borne the names of four notable Poles who once lived on the respective sides: Ignacy Zakrzewski (south), Hugo Kołłątaj (west), Jan Dekert (north) and Franciszek Barss (east).
In the early 1910s Warsaw Old Town was the home of the prominent Yiddish writer Alter Kacyzne, who later depicted life there in his 1929 novel שטאַרקע און שוואַכע (Sterke un Sweche, The Strong and the Weak). As depicted in the novel, the Old Town at that time was a slum neighborhood, with poor families - some Jewish, other Christian - living very crowded in subdivided tenements which had once been aristocrats' palaces. Parts of it were bohemian, with painters and artists having their studios, while some streets were a Red-light district housing brothels. In 1918 the Royal Castle once again became the seat of Poland's highest authorities: the President of Poland and his chancellery. In the late 1930s, during the mayoralty of Stefan Starzyński, the municipal authorities began refurbishing the Old Town and restoring it to its former glory. The Barbican and the Old Town Market Place were partly restored. These efforts, however, were brought to an end by the outbreak of World War II. During the Invasion of Poland (1939), much of the district was badly damaged by the German Luftwaffe, which targeted the city's residential areas and historic landmarks in a campaign of terror bombing. Following the Siege of Warsaw, parts of the Old Town were rebuilt, but immediately after the Warsaw Uprising (August-October 1944) what had been left standing was systematically blown up by the German Army. A statue commemorating the Uprising, the Little Insurgent, now stands on the Old Town's medieval city wall. After World War II, the Old Town was meticulously rebuilt. As many of the original bricks were reused as possible. The rubble was sifted for reusable decorative elements, which were reinserted into their original places. Bernardo Bellotto's 18th-century vedute, as well as pre-World-War II architecture students' drawings, were used as essential sources in the reconstruction effort. The Old Town Market Place (Rynek Starego Miasta), which dates back to the end of the 13th century, is the true heart of the Old Town, and until the end of the 18th century it was the heart of all of Warsaw.[5] Here the representatives of guilds and merchants met in the Town Hall (built before 1429, pulled down in 1817), and fairs and the occasional execution were held. The houses around it represented the Gothic style until the great fire of 1607, after which they were rebuilt in late-Renaissance style. Castle Square (plac Zamkowy) is a visitor's first view of the reconstructed Old Town, when approaching from the more modern center of Warsaw. It is an impressive sight, dominated by Zygmunt's Column, which towers above the beautiful Old Town houses. Enclosed between the Old Town and the Royal Castle, Castle Square is steeped in history. Here was the gateway leading into the city called the Kraków Gate (Brama Krakowska). It became to develop in the 14th century and continued to be a defensive area for the kings. The square was in its glory in the 17th century when Warsaw became to country capital. And it was here that in 1644 King Władysław IV erected the column to glorify his father Sigismund III Vasa, who is best known for moving the capital of Poland from Kraków to Warsaw.
Warsaw In Your Pocket - Nicholas Copernicus Monument
Warsaw In Your Pocket editor Alex Webber sitting on the steps of Nicholas Copernicus Monument (Pomnik Mikolaja Kopernika), the founder of modern astronomy. A sheltered academic, he made his observations a century before the invention of the telescope and without help or guidance. His book De Revolutionibus (1530) posited that the earth rotated on its axis once a day, travelled around the sun once a year, and that man's place in the cosmos was peripheral. This may seem obvious today, but it was an utterly radical idea at the time.
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Warsaw In Your Pocket - King Sigismund's Column (Kolumna Króla Zygmunta)
Built in honour of the man who made Warsaw the capital of Poland, the column was erected back in 1664 and stands twenty two metres high. During the war the column collapsed under bombardment and the original now lies close to the Royal Castle (and is considered lucky to touch). The figure of Sigismund survived and the new column was proudly re-erected in 1949.
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Warsaw In Your Pocket - Łazienki Park & Chopin Monument
Warsaw In Your Pocket editor Alex Webber about Łazienki Park (Park Łazienkowski) and the Chopin Monument.
The park and palace complex where half of Warsaw descends on a Sunday to take the traditional family stroll. Notable features amid the landscaped gardens include the art-deco Chopin monument (1926), the palace on the water (remodelled in 1792), an old orangery and a classicist amphitheatre loosely inspired by Herculaneum.
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Music: Frédéric Chopin - Prelude in E-Minor (op.28 no. 4) Played by: Aldona Dvarionaite
Warsaw In Your Pocket - Monument to the Ghetto Heroes
Warsaw In Your Pocket editor Alex Webber at the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes (Pomnik Bohaterów Getta).
Designed by Natan Rappaport, the monument pays tribute to the heroes of the Ghetto Uprising of 1943. Found in a vast park between ul. Anielewicza, Zamenhofa, Lewartowskiego and Karmelicka it here that the heaviest fighting took place. In an ironic quirk, the stone cladding on the monument was originally ordered from Sweden by Hitler for a victory arch.
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Pomnik króla Jagiełło w Central Park w NY City,Dakota House
Pomnik króla Jagiełło w Central Park w NY City,Dakota House na Manhattanie gdzie mieszkał i zginął John Lennon
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City Center, Multimedia Fountain Park/Multimedialny Park Fontann, Palace of Treasury Ministers/Pałac Ministrów Skarbu, plac Bankowy and Świętokrzyska
Warsaw Rising Museum
We do not want to save our lives, no one will come out alive from here, we want to save human dignity
« My nie chcemy ratować życia. Żaden z nas żywy z tego nie wyjdzie. My chcemy ratować ludzką godność »
Arie Wilner
The museum is housed in an old Tramway building, vast, high, unstructured. Telling the Warsaw insurgency, to be alive, clear and exhaustive, requires space, imagination, and monstrous documentation.
Here, we can say that the bet is successful : This museum is one of the most popular of Warsaw, and any visitor interested in History and Methods of Communication can only be enriched.
Warsaw In Your Pocket - Palace of Culture and Science (PKiN)
The marks of four decades of communism have yet to be completely erased from the face of Warsaw. Of these the most apparent is the Palace of Culture and Science, standing in the heart of the city. You couldnt miss this one if you tried. Soaring 231 metres into the sky the building remains the tallest in Poland, in spite of recent competition from its highrise neighbours.
Originally commissioned by Stalin as a gift from the Soviet people. Over 5,000 workers were ferried in from the Soviet states. Working around the clock, it took them just three years to complete the Palace.
Built using an estimated 40 million bricks and housing 3,288 rooms the Palaces purpose was to serve as not just party headquarters but also the peoples castle, with invitations to the annual New Years Eve Ball issued to the best workers in socialist Poland. Regardless of this the building became an object of hatred and a stain on the skyline, the palace was seen as no more than a symbol of Russian hegemony. Viewed from a distance apparently it can be spotted from 30km away the palace appears a faceless monolith. Viewed closely several intricate details appear in focus.
With the fall of communism the idea of dynamiting the palace was floated, though today it stands acknowledged as a protected building with the President of Warsaw listed in documentation as the official owner.
The viewing platform on the 30th floor is visited by approximately 1,500 people daily, and offers panoramic views of the city spinning below you.
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Villagers react to news they are now living in self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donetsk
Farm workers in rural eastern Ukraine called for peace on Tuesday after Sunday's referendum and the resulting declaration of independence by the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the small village of Korsun, 30 kilometres (18.5 miles) east of Donetsk, little disturbs the peace apart from the sounds of animals in the fields.
Anatoly and Anna are both workers on a small diary farm.
They knew of Sunday's referendum for autonomy due to the news reports on the TV, and decided to mark the day was by naming one of the new calves Referendum.
They are, however, both aware of the current divide splitting Ukraine in half and the violence that it's creating.
We want of course peace. We don't want this war. We don't want any of this. We want everything to be OK. We're all just normal people. Just leave everything as it was, says Anna as she milks a cow by hand.
Anatoly surveys the cows and contemplates the prospect of the eastern part of Ukraine becoming swallowed up by Russia.
I have lived in Ukraine all my life, therefore of course it would be better to remain in Ukraine. But the rest is up to God, he says.
Pro-Russian militias have seized government buildings, clashed with government forces and captured a number of hostages across eastern Ukraine during the past month.
The separatists held a referendum on Sunday and claimed that about 90 percent of those who voted in Donetsk and Luhansk backed sovereignty.
The two regions declared independence on Monday and groups in Donetsk even asked to join Russia.
For Sveta, another worker on the Korsun farm, the desire for a better life will hopefully be the end product of all the recent troubles.
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