Mały Powstaniec

Little Insurgent
Location	Warsaw Old Town
Coordinates	52°14′59″N 21°0′34″E / 52.24972°N 21.00944°E / 52.24972; 21.00944Coordinates: 52°14′59″N 21°0′34″E / 52.24972°N 21.00944°E / 52.24972; 21.00944
Established	1 October 1983

The Mały Powstaniec (Little Insurgent) is a statue in Warsaw, the capital of Poland.

It is located at the ramparts of the Old Town. The statue is of a young boy wearing a helmet too large for his head and holding a rifle. It represents the child soldiers who fought and died in the Warsaw Uprising. The statue is reputed to be of a fighter who went by the pseudonym of Antek, who was killed around the 8th August 1944. Antek was aged 13. The statue was designed by Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz.^[1]

References

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1. ^ (Polish) "Pomnik Małego Powstańca". www.sztuka.net.pl. http://www.sztuka.net.pl/palio/html.run?_Instance=www.sztuka.net.pl&_PageID=445&newsId=6060&_CheckSum=-560146745. Retrieved 2008-08-18.