Mały Powstaniec

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Mały Powstaniec Statue
Mały Powstaniec Statue

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

It is located at the ramparts of the Old Town, at 52°14′59″N, 21°0′34″E. 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.

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