Jan Karski Bench (Warsaw)
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| Location | Downtown, Warsaw, Poland |
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| Coordinates | 52°14′57.68″N 20°59′39.98″E / 52.2493556°N 20.9944389°E |
| Designer | Karol Badyna |
| Type | Statue, bench monument |
| Material | Bronze |
| Opening date | 11 June 2013 |
| Dedicated to | Jan Karski |
The Jan Karski Bench (Polish: [ˈjan ˈkar.ski]; Polish: Ławeczka Jana Karskiego) is a bronze statue in Warsaw, Poland, located at the intersection of Anielewicza and Zamenhofa Streets, next to the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews and the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes. It is located in the neighbourhood of Muranów within the Downtown district. It is dedicated to Jan Karski (1914–2000), a 20th-century soldier, diplomat, and political scientist, who as a member of the Polish resistance, reported to the Western Allies about state of occupied Poland, Germany's destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto and its operation of extermination camps on Polish soil. The monument depicts him sitting on an armchair, leaving additional space for passersby to sit next to him. It was designed by Karol Badyna, and unveiled on 11 June 2013.
The monument was dedicated to Jan Karski (1914–2000), a 20th-century soldier, diplomat, and political scientist, who as a member of the Polish resistance, reported to the Western Allies about state of occupied Poland, Germany's destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto and its operation of extermination camps on Polish soil. The sculpture was designed by Karol Badyna, and unveiled on 11 June 2013.[1][2] The monument was proposed by the Museum of Polish History, and financed by the city of Warsaw.[3][4]
It was Badyna's sixth bench monument dedicated to Karski, after Washington, D.C. (2002), Kielce (2005), New York City (2007), Łódź (2009), and Tel Aviv (2009). They were criticized by Karski's family, stating that he was against being commemorated with monuments, as well as by them having form of benches.[5][6]
