The monument to the ghetto heroes monument in Warsaw dedicated to the residents of the Warsaw ghetto, built on the site of the first battle during the ghetto uprising in 1943. Previously was located at the square building of the barracks of the mounted artillery, called barracks Volyn, built in 1788. Before the Second world war there was a military prison, and after the Warsaw ghetto Jewish Council.

The idea of the construction of the monument is not the site of the Warsaw ghetto was announced by the Committee of Polish Jews. In April 1946, the opening of the first monument. It was a commemorative plaque of circular form, on which was carved a palm branch is the symbol of martyrdom. On the monument was placed the inscription in Polish, Hebrew and Yiddish: "For those who died in the unprecedented heroic struggle for dignity and freedom of the Jewish people, for a free Poland, for release of person of Polish Jews." The plaque is surrounded by a parapet of red Sandstone. The stone color was not chosen by chance: it is a symbol of the shed in the battles of blood.

Soon, a decision was made about the necessity of the second monument. Work began in 1947 under the leadership of Nathan Rapoport the money raised Jewish organizations. The second monument was unveiled on April 19, 1948 – on the fifth anniversary of the ghetto uprising.

Monument to a height of 11 meters is a stone box, in which there are sculptures of rebels - men, women and children. On the East side you can see images of women and the elderly who suffer. This part of the song is called "the Procession to destruction".

The monument became known worldwide 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 before the Jewish people during the Second World war.