Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, located on Piłsudski Square, was created in 1925. The first initiatives of its creation appeared in 1921, and its realization finally began in 1924. An extremely important problem was to draw a coffin from the body of an unknown soldier killed for Polish independence. The first stage was the drawing of a battlefield – a number of conditions that had to be fulfilled by the battlefield were set out, thanks to which 14 places from 1920 and one from 1918-19 (Lwów) were successful. Stanisław Haller appointed the youngest bachelor of the Order of Virtuti Militari, firefighter Józef Buczkowski, to draw the place which turned out to be Lwów. The draw of the coffin from among the unknown defenders of Lwów during the Polish-Ukrainian war fell to Armenian Jadwiga Zarugiewiczowa, whose son died in a battle against the Red Army in the battle of Zadwór in 1920. It was established that the drawn coffin contains the corpse of a volunteer about 14 years old. In 1925 the corpse was buried with due honor. In his homily during the Mass, prelate Antoni Szlagowski said:
Who are you? I don’t know. Where is your family home? I don’t know. Who are your parents? I don’t know and I don’t want to know and I won’t know until the day of judgment. Your greatness is in that you’re unknown.
In his common grave, he lost his name, lost his family, lost his individuality, was born again, from the grave, if with mother-ground, came out unknown, forgotten, nameless.
What in God’s name are you, lay soldier, forgotten, nameless?
You are the eternal combat genius of the nation, you will know the Bravery, you are the indefatigable, unbearable power of national ideals, you will know the Sacrifice. You are the all-winning independence of the national spirit, you will know Freedom
During World War II, the tomb was an important place to remind Poles of Polish independence. On August 15, 1941, despite the German patrols, a wreath with the sash “Unknown Soldier Government of the R.P.” was laid on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Poland in Exile.
The plaques on the grave commemorate the most famous battles in Polish history, including battlefields of the Polish-Soviet War.
The tenement house at 3 Ciepla Street
with a plaque commemorating the martyr of Warsaw Battle, Igracy Skorupka
Statue of Józef Piłsudski on Aleje Ujazdowskie
a monument unveiled in 1998 near the Belweder Palace was created on the initiative of Jerzy Waldorff. The monument represents the Marshal leaning on a sabre. The inscription says “To her defender of 1920 – Warsaw”.
Statue of the Prime Minister Wincenty Witos
a statue of the leader of the agrarian movement near Plac Trzech Krzyży
Statue of the priest Ignacy Skorupka
Unveiled on 13 August 2005 as part of the celebration of the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw. It depicts a priest called Skorupka holding a cross in his left hand, and in his right hand indicating the direction of the attack.
The Monument to the Miracle on the Vistula River in Bródno
unveiled on 15 August 1925, the monument was founded by the inhabitants of Bródno. The monument is located on Wysockiego Street. The inscription says: “On the 5th anniversary of the “Miracle on the Vistula River” and the victory over the Bolshevik Avenue on 15 August 1920, this monument was founded by the inhabitants of Nowe Bródno. 15 August 1925″.
Old Powazki
the cemetery in Warsaw where many of those who died in 1920 are buried. The grave of Father Ignacy Skorupka, which is located at 244 square.
Parish of Our Lady of Victory
the parish was established in the district of Rembertów in 1928 as a votive offering of thanks to Our Lady for her victory in 1920 over the Bolsheviks. The current church was consecrated in 1952 by the Primate of the Millennium Stefan Wyszyński.
The Charles de Gaulle Monument
located next to Rondo Charlesa de’Gaulle’a in the Warsaw city center. The monument was unveiled in 2005. It is a copy of the Parisian monument unveiled in 2005 at the Champs-Elysées.
The memorial plaque for General Tadeusz Rozwadowski
located on Kamionek – commemorates one of the fathers of the victory of the Polish Army in 1920.
Memorial plaque for General Maxim Weygand
the plaque commemorating the most important of the French commanders supporting the Polish staff in 1920 is located at Krakowskie Przedmieście.
The commemorative plaque for the Hungarians as a recognition for the transport of weapons in 1920
founded on the initiative of the Council for the Protection of the Memory of Combat and Martyrdom on the Garrison Command building in Warsaw – the plaque “in tribute to the Hungarian Nation” reminds of the transport of weapons that the Hungarians gave to the Polish Army and expresses their thanks to the Hungarians from “the greatful Polish Nation”.
The commemorative plaque for Captain Emánuel Aladár Korompay
– the plaque dedicated to the famous Hungarian volunteer for the Polish Army and the promoter of Polish-Hungarian friendship is located on the campus of the University of Warsaw in Krakowskie Przedmieście, where Korompay worked.
Monument to Witold Pilecki
unveiled in 2017 on Aleja Wojska Polskiego, the monument commemorates Witold Pilecki, one of the most famous soldiers of the Polish independence underground during World War II, victim of Stalinist murders after 1945. Witold Pilecki took part in the Battle of Warsaw in 1920.
Fort IX of the Fortress of Warsaw
one of the forts of the Fortress of Warsaw where the Museum of Polish Military Technology is located. A copy of the Renault FT-17 tank is displayed there. Those tanks were used by the Polish Army in 1920, arousing fear among Bolsheviks. The tank stored in the museum has been preserved in Afghanistan and thanks to diplomatic actions it was possible to obtain it for museum purposes from the Afghan government.