Sunny view across ulica Towarowa to observation tower, with 'PW' Kotwica symbol, Warsaw Uprising Museum, Warsaw, Poland
The Warsaw Uprising Museum, housed in a former trams power station, opened 31 July 2004, the 60th Anniversary of the Uprising. Outside, the museum building, stands a Memorial Wall with the names of thousands of insurgents who died in the Uprising, from 1 August to 2 October 1944. On the museum's observation tower we see the Kotwica ('anchor'), a symbol of the Polish Underground and Home Army during World War 2. The emblem was originally created by the Home Army Wawer Sabotage Unit as an emblem for the Polish struggle for independence. With the meaning 'pomscimy Wawer' ('We shall avenge Wawer'), the initials, 'PW', were a reference to the reprisal massacre of 107 civilians, 26-27 December, 1939, by the German occupiers at Wawer, near Warsaw. 'PW' is also an abbreviation for 'Wojsko Polskie' ('Polish Army') and Powstanie Warszawskie ('Warsaw Uprising'). The symbol, because of its association with Polish independence, was banned after World War 2 by the Communist authorities. In the background of the shot rises the Crown Square Office Building, the name, 'Oracle', on the roof referring to one of the main tenants.
Size: 3518px × 1837px
Location: Warsaw Uprising Museum from ulica Towarowa at Grzybowska, Warsaw, Poland
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: anchor, blue, building, buildings, clouds, crown, cumulus, day, green, grzybowska, initials, kotwica, modern, museum, observation, office, poland, pw, sky, square, street, sunny, symbol, towarowa, tower, trees, ulica, uprising, urban, view, warsaw, wola
