The Monument to the Polish Veterans who fought for the freedom of France between 1939 and 1945 is located in the Trocadero gardens, near Place de Varsovie (Warsaw Square). The monument was unveiled on 13 January 1978, prior to which the foundation stone was laid by President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, depositing soil from sixteen French necropolises where Polish soldiers were buried. The monument was created by French sculptor André Greck, who also created busts of the bards Jacques Brel and Georges Brassens. The monument depicts a dying Polish soldier, supported by his arms braided on his chest by a winged figure - an allegory of Victory. An inscription is engraved on the pedestal in French and Polish: 'To the Polish veterans who fought to defend and liberate France 1939-1945'. Two urns were also placed at the monument - with soil from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw and with the ashes of the victims of Auschwitz. The work was made of stone and is about 2.5 metres high.