Pomnik Żołnierzy Armii Krajowej Pułku "Baszta" zamordowanych na Dworkowej

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The Baszta Soldiers Memorial (Polish pronunciation: [ˈbaʂ.ta]; Polish: Pomnik żołnierzy „Baszty”) is a monument in Warsaw, Poland, located within the Old Mokotów neighbourhood at Dworkowa Street, in the Eye of the Sea Park. It commemorates around 140 insurgents of the Warsaw Uprising, mainly soldiers of the Baszta Regiment Group of the Home Army, executed at the location on 27 September 1944, by the Order Police (Ordnungspolizei). It has a form of a concrete obelisk. It was designed by Eugeniusz Ajewski, and unveiled on 27 September 1984.

History: The monument commemorates around 140 insurgents of the Warsaw Uprising, mainly soldiers of the Baszta Regiment Group of the Home Army, executed on 27 September 1944, at Dworkowa Street by the Order Police (Ordnungspolizei). The insurgents were captured as they attempted to retreat from Mokotów to Downtown through the city sewage network. They were discovered by German officers and forced to resurface at Dworkowa Street, near the local headquarters of the Gendarmerie of the Order Police for the Warsaw District. The memorial was unveiled on 27 September 1984, in the 40th anniversary of the execution, in the Eye of the Sea Park near Dworkowa...