Memorial Stone of the Brotherhood of the Arms (Copernicus’s Street, on the corner of Przyboś Street)
The monument was founded on the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Union of War Invalids of the Republic of Poland (Związek Inwalidów Wojennych Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) by members of this Union. Commemorates the fallen and the dead co-weapons. The Association was established in 1919 in Warsaw and is the oldest veterans’ organization in Poland, one of the five oldest in the world. Initially, the organization included the care of war invalids fighting in various armies and on all fronts of the First World War.
In subsequent years, the Union was concerned about former Polish Legion soldiers, Polish-Bolshevik war veterans 1920-1921 and Silesian and Wielkopolska insurgents. In addition to former soldiers, there were also widows of fallen soldiers and dead war invalids. After the Second World War, more and more groups of veterans appeared in need of care. The union was the initiator and organizer of the disabled co-operatives, and provided extensive care for war invalids. At present it is also involved in cultivating of the independence traditions.