The statue of Wanda Tazbir () is a bronze statue in Warsaw, Poland, placed in front of the Institute for the Deaf at 4/6 Three Crosses Square in the South Downtown neighbourhood. It is dedicated to Wanda Tazbir (1920–2006), a teacher of the Institute for the Deaf, instructor of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association, and a participant of the Warsaw Uprising during the Second World War, and later a soldier of the Royal Air Force. It was unveiled on 21 October 2007, on the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Institute for the Deaf.
Design The monument consists of a bronze statue of Wanda Tazbir in a scouting uniform, sitting on a bench, made from a stone with its upper half cut of and polished. On her lap are placed cards of paper, with an inscription of a human hand forming a gesture, which, in the Polish Sign Language, means "I love you. At her feet is a circle with stone mosaic, featuring the World Scout Emblem, in form of a fleur-de-lis, and inscription which reads "1920 Wanda Tazbir 2006". To her right is placed a large bronze sculpture of an open book, with inscriptions in Polish, English, and Hebrew. The first is included on the left page, and latter, on the right page. They read:
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