The Little Insurrectionist
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| Location | Warsaw Old Town, Warsaw, Poland |
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| Designer | Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz |
| Material | Bronze sculpture |
| Completion date | 1 October 1983 |
| Dedicated to | The child soldiers of the Warsaw Uprising |
The Little Insurrectionist (Polish: Mały Powstaniec) 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, Warsaw, Poland, next to the ramparts of Warsaw's Old Town.
The statue is of a young boy wearing a helmet too large for his head and holding a submachine gun. Despite being sometimes colloquially called Antek Rozpylacz, it is not representing any specific child.[1][2] 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 created the design[3] in 1946 and it was used for years for producing small statuettes, only to become the monument decades later. Polish scouts gathered the entirety of funds for the statue and it was unveiled on 1 October 1983 by Professor Jerzy Świderski – a cardiologist who during the uprising was a 14-years-old courier (pseudonym: "Lubicz") serving in the "Gustaw" regiment of the Home Army.[4] 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").
Gallery
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A general view of the statue -
The statue at night -
The plaque behind the statue -
Copy of the statue at the Warsaw Uprising Museum
See also
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- Warsaw Uprising
- Home Army
- Polish resistance movement in World War II
- Warsaw Uprising Museum
- Warsaw Insurgents Cemetery
- Cultural representations of the Warsaw Uprising § Monuments to the Insurrectionists in Warsaw
- Military use of children
References
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- 1983 establishments in Poland
- 1983 sculptures
- Buildings and structures completed in 1983
- Child soldiers in World War II
- World War II monuments and memorials in Warsaw
- Sculptures of children in Poland
- Statues of men in Poland
- Warsaw Uprising monuments and memorials
- Outdoor sculptures in Warsaw
- Old Town, Warsaw
- Works about rebels
- Works about child soldiers
- Statues of military personnel
- Warsaw building and structure stubs