Warsaw Ghetto Heroes Monument

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Holocaust memorial monument war memorial

The Warsaw Ghetto Heroes Monument is a major memorial in Warsaw honoring the Jewish resistance fighters and victims of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ghetto Heroes Square	1
Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in Warsaw	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Holocaust memorial ⓘ monument ⓘ war memorial ⓘ
architect	Leon Marek Suzin ⓘ
artMovement	social realism ⓘ
builtOn	site of first armed clash of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ⓘ
commemorates	Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ⓘ victims of the Holocaust ⓘ victims of the Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ
country	Poland ⓘ
designedBy	Natan Rapoport ⓘ
fundedBy	Jewish communities worldwide ⓘ
genre	figurative sculpture ⓘ
hasPart	central bronze relief of ghetto fighters ⓘ inscription in English ⓘ inscription in Hebrew ⓘ inscription in Polish ⓘ inscription in Yiddish ⓘ rear relief depicting Jews being led to death ⓘ
hasReliefDepicting	Jewish civilians being deported ⓘ Mordechai Anielewicz ⓘ armed Jewish fighters ⓘ
height	approximately 11 meters ⓘ
heritageStatus	important site of Holocaust remembrance ⓘ key site on Jewish heritage routes in Warsaw ⓘ
inception	1948 ⓘ
inscriptionText	To the Jewish people – its fighters and martyrs ⓘ
languageOfInscription	English ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Polish ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ
locatedIn	Muranów district ⓘ Warsaw ⓘ former Warsaw Ghetto area ⓘ
locatedNear	POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews ⓘ former Umschlagplatz area ⓘ
locatedOn	Willy Brandt Square ⓘ
materialUsed	Swedish granite ⓘ bronze ⓘ
notableEvent	Willy Brandt ⓘ surface form: Willy Brandt Kniefall von Warschau
subjectOf	annual commemorations of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ⓘ official state ceremonies in Poland ⓘ
symbolizes	Jewish resistance against Nazi Germany ⓘ martyrdom of Warsaw Ghetto Jews ⓘ struggle for dignity and freedom ⓘ
unveiledOn	19 April 1948 ⓘ
unveiledOnAnniversaryOf	5th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ⓘ
visitedBy	Willy Brandt ⓘ
visitedOn	7 December 1970 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising → commemoratedIn → Warsaw Ghetto Heroes Monument ⓘ

Podgórze district → hasSite → Warsaw Ghetto Heroes Monument ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ghetto Heroes Square

Warsaw Ghetto → memorial → Warsaw Ghetto Heroes Monument ⓘ

this entity surface form: Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in Warsaw