Mermaid Statue (Pomnik Syreny)

This statue was raised in April 1939. Krystyna Krahelska, a young poet, posed as model for the statue carved by Ludwika Nitschowa. Krahelska was a girl scout and a Home Army nurse during the Warsaw Uprising. Wounded in the first hours of the fighting, she died August 2, 1944, on the second day of fighting.  
A plaque placed in the autumn of 2006 commemorates the fact that General Sikorski bestowed on her the Virturi Militari Silver Cross in September 1939 for valiantly defending the city.