{"id":4119,"date":"2023-03-28T21:03:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T19:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/?post_type=object&#038;p=4119"},"modified":"2023-03-28T21:03:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T19:03:34","slug":"monument-to-the-polish-underground-state-and-the-home-army","status":"publish","type":"object","link":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/obiekt\/monument-to-the-polish-underground-state-and-the-home-army\/","title":{"rendered":"Monument to the Polish Underground State and the Home Army"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Technique:<\/strong> bronze cast, stone<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dimensions:<\/strong> approx. 250 \u00d7 330 cm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Object:<\/strong> In 1990, the Gda\u0144sk District Board of the World Association of Home Army Soldiers came up with an initiative to erect a monument. The Construction Committee was composed of Leon Torli\u0144ski, Przemys\u0142aw Smolarek, Henryk Bratma\u0144ski, Wac\u0142aw Podbereski, Kazimierz \u015aliwa and Henryk Mejster. The statue was designed by architects Joanna Sidorczuk and Roman Radowski from Studio Projekt in Sopot. The monument commemorates Home Army soldiers and many anonymous Poles active in the clandestine structures of the Polish Underground State during World War II. It has the form of a pink-grey erratic boulder and is placed on a concrete plinth with a sandstone surface. It is situated on a wide, circular base with a paved surface, accessible via 4-step stairs. There is an inscription on the boulder, on four plaques cast in metal, with a convex inscription reading: \u201cPolish Underground State 1939\u20131945\u201d. There is a metal cast above the inscription showing the emblem of the Polish state, i.e. the eagle. The back of the boulder features the inscription \u201cHome Army\u201d on two plaques, also cast in metal, and a metal cast showing an anchor combined with the letter P \u2013 the sign of Fighting Poland (Polska Walcz\u0105ca). On the walls delimiting the stairs on both sides are cast-iron bowls for candles, while the sides of the walls feature iron casting: a scout lily on the one side and the Pomeranian coat of arms with the Pomeranian Griffin on the other.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Place<\/strong>: In January 1991, the City Council approved the construction in \u015ar\u00f3dmie\u015bcie, but did not decide on a precise location. The proposed intersection of 3 Maja Street and Armii Krajowej Avenue, close to Z\u0142ota Brama, gained the most supporters. Finally, however, the monument was erected in Targ Rakowy, opposite the Voivodeship Public Library, replacing the earlier tank monument (scrapped on 10 September 1991). The unveiling was initially planned for Q1 1992, with the date subsequently moved to September 1992, to mark the end of the Home Army\u2019s 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary. Ultimately, the monument was unveiled on 15 October 1994.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Information about the author<\/strong>: Joanna Sidorczuk, Eng. Arch., studied at the Gda\u0144sk University of Technology. Roman Radowski, Eng. Arch., studied at the Gda\u0144sk University of Technology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Condition of the object<\/strong> \u2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>Owner\/guardian:<\/strong> Gda\u0144sk Road and Greenery Authority, Guardian: International Association of Home Army Soldiers \u2013 Gda\u0144sk District<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author of the entry:<\/strong> Kora Kowalska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technique: bronze cast, stone Dimensions: approx. 250 \u00d7 330 cm Object: In 1990, the Gda\u0144sk District Board of the World Association of Home Army Soldiers came up with an initiative to erect a monument. The Construction Committee was composed of Leon Torli\u0144ski, Przemys\u0142aw Smolarek, Henryk Bratma\u0144ski, Wac\u0142aw Podbereski, Kazimierz \u015aliwa and Henryk Mejster. The statue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":131,"template":"","object_cats":[37],"districts":[47],"object_authors":[55],"class_list":["post-4119","object","type-object","status-publish","hentry","object_cat-monument","obj_district-old-town","object_author-kora-kowalska-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/objects\/4119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/objects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/object"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"object_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/object_cats?post=4119"},{"taxonomy":"obj_district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/districts?post=4119"},{"taxonomy":"object_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/object_authors?post=4119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}