Memorial Stone of the November Uprising (General Anders’s Street)
The boulder commemorates the place where in the night from 29th to 30th November, one of the first raids of the November Uprising took place. The uprising was an expression of rebellion against the Russian Empire and a response to, inter alia, the Tsar’s breaking the constitution of the 1815 Kingdom and the repressions of secret unions and organizations. It covered the Kingdom of Poland and part of the lands were taken over. The uprising collapsed on October 21st 1831.
Located on the edge of the Krasiński Garden, the boulder is a memorial to honor of the insurgents of November. This monument was unveiled on November 29th 1930, on the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the uprising and is one of the lasting traces of solemn celebrations that covered the entire Second Republic. The monument itself was also a silent witness to the tragic history of the city. Before the war he stood in a separate square at the Krasiński Garden. During World War II the square was divided by a ghetto wall and the stone was found within the Jewish district. The boulder survived the fires of war and the pre-war square was incorporated into the Krasiński Garden.