The exhibition shows a collection unique exhibits from the 1944 Uprising – e.g. a leather briefcase that belonged to General Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski and pieces of weaponry. There are also large-format photographs, e.g. a photograph of a young girl in the ruins rearranging her hair, captioned:  “A girl with a mirror – after a bombardment, Zgoda Street”. There are also video accounts made by insurgents (subtitled in English) for the visitors to watch. Those who share their memories of the 63 days of the 1944 Uprising and the post-war period include, inter alia, General Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski, nom de guerre  Motyl (Butterfly), Wanda Traczyk-Stawska, nom de guerre  Pączek (Doughnut), Anna Przedpełska-Trzeciakowska, nom de guerre  Grodzka, Maria Kowalska, nom de guerre  Myszka (Little Mouse), as well as Jerzy Mindziukiewicz, nom de guerre  Jur, and Jerzy Substyk, nom de guerre Jurny (Virile). They were teenagers as the Uprising broke out. Bogdan Bartnikowski, nom de guerre  Mały (Shorty), who was 12 years old during the Uprising, offers a poignant account of the post-war exhumations of Warsaw insurgents. Wanda Traczyk-Stawska speaks about the rights of female soldiers during the Uprising and calls for weapons for Ukraine.

This exhibition shows people, the Warsaw Insurgents of 1944. It shows their armed struggle a few decades ago, their tragic lives in the Polish People’s Republic and the time when this house became the Insurgets’ home – Aldona Machnowska-Góra, Deputy Mayor of the Capital City of Warsaw addressed the heroes gathered for the opening ceremony. – I do hope this will be a place that will connect your memories with the natural curiosity of the youngest generations.

This exhibition is about friendship, about the power of human ties – Ewa Malinowska-Grupińska, President of the Council of the Capital City of Warsaw, added. – It shows that you, the Insurgents, were friends to one another during extremely hard times. The message just how crucial cooperation and mutual relations are is especially important to young people who have been through isolation, through the pandemic.