Jan Karski Bench
The Jan Karski Bench is a bronze statue in Warsaw, Poland, located at the intersection of Anielewicza and Zamenhofa Streets, next to the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews and the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Memorial
- Description: monument in Warsaw
- Also known as: “Ławeczka Jana Karskiego” and “Ławeczka Jana Karskiego w Warszawie”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews and Monument to the Ghetto Heroes.
Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Museum
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POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews is a museum dedicated to preserving and recalling the memory of the history of Jews in Poland. The museum is located on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto.
Monument to the Ghetto Heroes
Monument
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The Monument to the Ghetto Heroes is a monument in Warsaw, Poland, commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 during the Second World War. It is located in the area which was formerly a part of the Warsaw Ghetto, at the spot where the first armed clash of the uprising took place.
Pawiak
Museum
Photo: Jolanta Dyr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pawiak was a prison built in 1835 in Warsaw, Congress Poland. During the January 1863 Uprising, it served as a transfer camp for Poles sentenced by Imperial Russia to deportation to Siberia. Pawiak is situated 390 metres southwest of Jan Karski Bench.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muranów and Muranów Południowy.
Muranów
Quarter
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Muranów is a neighbourhood in the districts of Śródmieście and Wola in central Warsaw, the capital of Poland. It was founded in the 17th century. The name is derived from the palace belonging to Simone Giuseppe Belotti, a Venetian architect, who originally came to Warsaw from the island of Murano.
Muranów Południowy
Neighborhood
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Muranów Południowy is a neighborhood.
Jan Karski Bench
- Categories: sculpture and historic site
- Location: Śródmieście, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.2493° or 52° 14′ 58″ northLongitude
20.99426° or 20° 59′ 39″ eastOpen location code
9G426XXV+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 3700879997OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=benchOpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q15141893
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In Other Languages
“Jan Karski Bench” goes by many names.
- Polish: “Ławeczka Jana Karskiego w Warszawie”
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