Memorial Stone of the Battalion “Czata” (Słomiński’s Street)
Formed in July 1944, the battalion “Czata 49” was a personnel and elite military unit. Many soldiers were fighting in its ranks who had been trained in the conspiratorial structures of the Polish Underground State, e.g. : Kedyw “Directorate of Diversion” of the Home Army Headquarter, “Wachlarz”, 27th Volhynian Infantry Division of the Home Army, 30th Poleska Infantry Division of the Home Army, etc. They were also supported by six the “silent unseen” (cichociemni) soldiers. During the Warsaw Uprising the battalion was a part of the “Radosław” Group. From the very beginning of the Uprising, the “Radosław” Group, including the “Czata 49” Battalion, was the unit often used by the command to support threatened sections and to perform particularly difficult combat missions. During the 63 days of the Warsaw Uprising “Czata” went very long and a bloody fighting route from Wola via the Old Town, Śródmieście , Czerniaków, Mokotów, ending once again in Śródmieście. Soldiers of “Czata” took part in the dramatic and bloody fights for such objects as: cemeteries in Wola, warehouses on Stawki Street, Gdansk Railway Station, St. John of God Hospital.
In 1992, a small square was created at the place of fights of the Battalion, which was given the name of the “Czata 49” Battalion and a memorial boulder was set up.