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Old Town Insurgents

This statue, located near the ramparts of Warsaw's Old Town, is by Janina (Nina) Mirecka and dates from 1974.

 

Mirecka was 14 years old when she fought against the Germans in this region of Warsaw as a member of the Zawisza-Piorun battalion of the Armia Krajowa, during the Warsaw Uprising.

 

The statue is also known as Wars and Sawa (two characters from an old Polish legend)....

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Uploaded on October 24, 2015
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