The Zaremba–Piorun Battalion Monument () is a memorial sculpture in Warsaw, Poland, at the corner of Poznańska and Wspólna Streets, within the South Downtown neighbourhood. Its dedicated to the soldiers of the Zaremba–Piorun Battalion, a Polish resistance group active during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. It was designed by its member, Julian Pilichowski, and unveiled on 15 August 1990. It is placed at the Zaremba–Piorun Battalion of the Home Army Square ().
History The monument was dedicated to the soldiers of the Zaremba–Piorun Battalion, a group of Polish resistance active during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. It was designed by its member, Julian Pilichowski, and unveiled on 15 August 1990, in ma small garden square, at the corner of Poznańska and Wspólna Streets. In December 1993, the location was named the Zaremba–Piorun Battalion Square.Kwiryna Handke: Słownik nazewnictwa Warszawy. Warsaw: Slawistyczny Ośrodek Wydawniczy, 1998, p. 362. ISBN 83-86619-97X. (in Polish)
Design The monument has a form of a rectangular cuboid block of stone, featuring the emblem of the battalion, in shape of a bolt, with its top stylised to look like fethers.Izabella Maliszewska, Stanisław Maliszewski: Śródmieście Północne: przewodnik historyczny po miejscach walk i pamięci z lat 1939-1944. Warsaw: Fundacja Wystawa Warszawa Walczy 1939-1945, 2000, p. 169. (in Polish) Below it is installed a commemorative plaque with the following inscription:
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