Monument to the Ghetto Heroes, Warsaw

Only a couple of blocks away from the Umschlagplatz Monument is the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes. This monument commemorates 1943's Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. It is located on the grounds of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in the same area where the uprising took place.

The Monument of the Ghetto Heroes was erected in 1948. It was sculpted by Nathan Rapaport under the direction of Leon Suzin. This monument expanded upon Suzin's earlier work, which was a small, circular plaque placed in the same location only two years earlier.

The Monument to the Ghetto Heroes is built in the form of a 36-foot wall. It is meant to represent both the uprising and the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The monument is adorned with busts of citizens holding Molotov cocktails and Jewish people being persecuted by Nazis. It also includes the image of the leader of Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa (ZOB), Mordechai Anielewicz.

Tourists can view this monument as part of a walking history tour of Poland or during their visit to the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. As it is an outdoor monument facing a public street, there is no admission and visitors can view the monument at any time.