Monument to Victims of the Wola Massacre
The Monument to Victims of the Wola Massacre is a monument commemorating the Wola massacre, the brutal mass-murder of the civilian population of Warsaw's Wola district, carried out by the Germans in the early days of the Warsaw Uprising, from 5 to 12 August 1944.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Memorial
- Description: monument in Warsaw commemorating the Wola massacre’s victims
- Also known as: “pomnik ofiar rzezi woli”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Keret House and Shrine of St. Faustina.
Keret House
Keret House is a structure and art installation in Warsaw, Poland. It was designed by the architect Jakub Szczęsny through the architecture firm Centrala, and has been described as the narrowest house in the world, measuring 92 centimetres at its thinnest point and 152 centimetres at its widest. Keret House is situated 400 metres east of Monument to Victims of the Wola Massacre.Shrine of St. Faustina
Church
Photo: Mateusz Opasiński, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Shrine of St. Faustina is a Roman Catholic church located in Warsaw; it is the center of the Divine Mercy and St. Faustina Parish. From 1863 to 1944 the building served as internal chapel within the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy monastery compound; destroyed during the Warsaw Uprising, it remained a ruin until the early 21st century, when it was brought to the current condition. Shrine of St. Faustina is situated 180 metres north of Monument to Victims of the Wola Massacre.
Warsaw Rising Museum
Museum
Photo: Boston9, CC BY 3.0 pl.
The Warsaw Rising Museum, in the Wola district of Warsaw, Poland, is dedicated to the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. The institution of the museum was established in 1983, but no construction work took place for many years. Warsaw Rising Museum is situated 730 metres south of Monument to Victims of the Wola Massacre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mirów and Nowolipki.
Mirów
Quarter
Photo: Roman Eugeniusz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mirów is one of the central neighbourhoods in the Wola district of Warsaw, the capital of Poland.
Muranów Południowy
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Muranów Południowy is a neighborhood.
Monument to Victims of the Wola Massacre
- Categories: sculpture and historic site
- Location: Wola, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.23869° or 52° 14′ 19″ northLongitude
20.98352° or 20° 59′ 1″ eastOpen location code
9G426XQM+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 1396442170OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q15896469
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In Other Languages
From French to Vietnamese—“Monument to Victims of the Wola Massacre” goes by many names.
- French: “Monument aux victimes du massacre de Wola”
- Greek: “Μνημείο των Θυμάτων της Σφαγής της Βόλα”
- Polish: “Pomnik ofiar Rzezi Woli”
- Polish: “Pomnik Ofiar Rzezi Woli”
- Ukrainian: “Пам’ятник жертвам різанини на Волі”
- Vietnamese: “Đài tưởng niệm nạn nhân vụ thảm sát Wola”
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