The monument is a sculptural self-portrait of the current inhabitants of the Bródno district. The figures were created during a series of sculpture workshops held by artists, who were joined by members of the local seniors’ club Lira, district councilors, refugees from the Centre for Foreigners, parishioners at St Mary Magdalene Church, teenagers, children from the Umbra ceramic workshop, members of a local gym, runners from the Parkrun club, activists running the teahouse in the park, and patrons of a local Italian restaurant. The idea for the sculpture was proposed by Paweł Althamer. Its title was inspired by Auguste Rodin’s famous The Burghers of Calais, which depicts heroic inhabitants of the city. Cast by the Polish Sculpture Centre in Orońsko.
Authors: Bogumiła Pakieło , Bogumiła Zawadzka, Hanna Stanisławska, Zofia Tobik, Jadwiga Kalinowska, Ewa Kowalska, Zofia Piraszewska, Barbara Dąbrowska, Hanna Piątkowska, Barbara Rosłońska, Danuta Wróblewska, Joanna Chrościcka, Roman Stańczak, Hanna Konador, Tadeusz Podgórski, Małgorzata Podgórska-Manowska, Michał Mioduszewski, Honorata Martin, Andrzej Przybysz, Krzysztof Mioduszewski, Milena Jaworska, Mateusz Kowalczyk, Marek Rąbiński, Maksymilian Podleśny, Diana Grabowska, Bruno Althamer, Tomek Borecki, Kamil Szałaj, Szymon Althamer, Michał Oleksiak, Mateusz Chmura, Krzysztof Ostrzeszewicz, Paweł Chmielewski, mieszkańcy Ośrodka dla Cudzoziemców na Targówku, Norbert Delman, Jerzy Bohdan Szumczyk, Jędrzej Rogoziński, Jerzy Płusa, Iwona Płusa, Jędrzej Rogoziński, Tadeusz Głupczyk, Marzena Klimkiewicz, Dominik Klimkiewicz, Verdiana Calia, Mattia Montemezzani, Paweł Althamer, Rafał Żwirek, Katarzyna Górska-Manczenko, Jolanta Miśkiewicz, Iwona Wujastyk, Krzysztof Miszewski, Paweł Michalec, Monika Szambelan, Kamila Szczubeł, Otylka Woszczyk, Ola Woszczyk, Monika Jaczewska, Ewa Sobocińska, Marzena Kamtarska, Marianka Althamer, Łukasz Babut, Elżbieta Rozwadowska, Tomasz Akacki, Małgorzata Staszewska, Adrian, Klara, Laura, Helena Hruszwicka, Basia Hruszwicka, Adaś Beck