Monument to the heroes of the ghetto - a monument in Warsaw dedicated to the inhabitants of the Warsaw ghetto, built on the site of the first battle of the uprising in the ghetto in 1943. Previously the building located on an area of ​​horse artillery barracks, called the Volyn barracks, built in 1788. Before the Second World War there was a military prison, and after - the Warsaw Ghetto Judenrat.

The idea of ​​building a monument to the Warsaw Ghetto no place was voiced by the Committee of Polish Jews. In April 1946 it opened its first monument. It was a memorial plaque round shape, which was carved palm - a symbol of martyrdom. The monument was also an inscription in Polish, Hebrew and Yiddish: "To those who died in an unprecedented heroic fight for the dignity and freedom of the Jewish people for a free Poland and for the liberation of man - Polish Jews." The plaque is surrounded by a parapet of red sandstone. The color of the stone was chosen not by chance: it is the symbol of the blood spilled in battle.

Soon, it was decided on the need for a second monument. Work began in 1947 under the direction of Nathan Rapoport funds collected by Jewish organizations. The second monument was inaugurated April 19, 1948 - the fifth anniversary of the uprising in the ghetto.

Monument to a height of 11 meters is a stone a box in which there are sculptures of rebels - men, women and children. On the eastern side you can see the image of women and elderly people who are suffering. This part of the composition called "The march to destruction."

Monument gained worldwide fame in December 1970, when German Chancellor Willy Brandt knelt during the ceremony of laying wreaths on the steps of the monument, to express regret for the crimes committed by the Jewish people during the Second World War.