Pomnik Kościuszkowców

It might not look so huge on the photos I took, but it is huge. 18 meters high, "Pomnik Kościuszkowców" it is called, monument to the Kościuszkowcy. Or Kościuszko Infantry Division Memorial.

Kościuszkowców, try to pronounce it 😉

Now check the below photo with our friend included :) Pretty impressive when standing there in real I can tell you.

This memorial commemorates the attempt by the Polish 1st Division "Tadeusza Kosciuszki" to give aid to the Warsaw insurgents. Kościuszki was a national hero living a long time before, they named this division after him. 

In September 1944, catastrophic landings took place on the west bank of the Vistula river with the result of more than two thousand dead, missing and wounded on the side of the liberators. There was no chance and is a black page in Polish history. The lack of support from the Red Army, who were sitting out and anticipating the fall of the uprising, the attempt was doomed to fail. Some call it courage, some stupidity, but I do not have an opinion about it. 

 

Thanks to its overall appearance, the statue is being nicknamed 'Batman'. 

I really like to be in this part of Warsaw, the Praga district on the other side of the Wisła river from our perspective. Soon I will publish a post about a day out with 4 of our friends, photographers from Warsaw. We walked through the district the whole day and made some great photos. 

Take care folks, see you around.