People with the Letter "P" Square

People with the Letter "P" Square lies in Wrocław's Ołbin district, across two blocks of urban greenery cut through by Eliza Orzeszkowa Street. Its current name was given by a resolution of the Wrocław City Council of 25 April 1992 - before that the square bore the name of Ernst Thälmann.

Origin of the name

The name comes from the Monument to People with the Letter "P" from 1996, which stands on the square. It is a monument to civilian victims of the Second World War: the Germans used the letter "P" during the occupation to mark forced labourers from Poland. The 1992 resolution, which gave the square its current name and shape, coincided with the ceremonial naming on 25 April of that same year.

What else the square commemorates

Besides the 1996 monument, a commemorative stone stands on the square in honour of scouts who fell in 1977 while fighting for the Polish character of Wrocław.

Greenery and surroundings

The square is a fragment of a strip of greenery cutting into the inner-city development of this part of town. To the south, beyond Nowowiejska Street, stretches the area of Stanisław Tołpa Park, and to the north of the square, beyond Ignacy Daszyński Street, lies a complex of allotment gardens. The square is bordered by Ignacy Daszyński, Bolesław Prus and Nowowiejska streets.

Practical information

• Address: Ołbin, Wrocław, the area between Daszyńskiego, Prusa, Nowowiejska and Orzeszkowej streets
• Access: on foot from around the Botanical Garden, the square lies within the dense development of Ołbin
• What to expect: two blocks of urban greenery with a monument and a commemorative stone, without marked visitor paths
• Nearby, less than a kilometre away, lies the Botanical Garden of the University of Wrocław, and a little further the Archcathedral of St John the Baptist