Mały Powstaniec

Mały Powstaniec (the "Little Insurrectionist") is a 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.

The Little Insurrectionist
Mały Powstaniec
Coordinates52°14′59″N 21°0′34″E
LocationWarsaw Old Town, Warsaw, Poland
DesignerJerzy Jarnuszkiewicz
MaterialBronze sculpture
Completion date1 October 1983
Dedicated toThe child soldiers of the Warsaw Uprising

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 uprising and used by the resistance fighters against the occupying forces.

Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz[1] created the design for the monument in 1946, which was later used to make smaller copies of its present state. The statue was unveiled on 1 October 1983 by Professor Jerzy Świderski – a cardiologist who was a courier for the resistance during the uprising (pseudonym: "Lubicz") serving in the Gustaw regiment of the Armia Krajowa. Behind the statue is a plaque with the engraved words of "Warszawskie Dzieci" ("Varsovian Children"), a popular song from the period: "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").

See also
  • A general view of the statue
  • The statue at night
  • The plaque behind the statue
  • Copy of the statue at the Warsaw Uprising Museum

References
  1. "Pomnik Małego Powstańca". www.sztuka.net.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-08-18.


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