The Warsaw Uprising started on August 1st and lasted for 63 days. It was one of the most dramatic occurrences in the history of our city. The members of the resistance fought in the inner city, within the following streets:  Bracka, Nowogrodzka, Żurawia, Krucza, Aleje Jerozolimskie, Nowy Świat, Książęca as well as on the Three Crosses Square.

During the Warsaw Uprising, the command centre of the I headquarters of the attack battalion “Sokół” [“Falcon”] of the Home Army Subdistrict Śródmieście Południowe [“Downtown South”] was located in the current seat of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy A memorial tablet is located today on the building of the Ministry. It says:  “During the Warsaw Uprising, the house at Nowodworska 5 St. was used as the command and headquarters for the “Sokół” attack battalion, a Home Army grouping led by Major Narcyz Łopianowski “Sarna” of the subdistrict of colonel Jan Szczurek-Cergowski “Sławbor”.

Antoni Szczęsny Godlewski, the legendary “Antek Rozpylacz” was buried near the current office of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy - in the yard at Bracka 5 St.. He died during the first days of the uprising at the age of 21 during the fight near the corner of Bracka and Alei Jerozolimskich St. On August 1st of 1945, the body of Antoni Godlewski was exhumed and buried on the Powązki Military Cemetery.

A writing made by his mother in 1945 still exists at the yard: „Antek Rozpylacz” został pochowany na Cmentarzu Wojskowym [Antek Rozpylacz was buried at the Military Cemetary]”.

The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy commemorated the anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising by placing commemorative expositions on the Ministry building. One of the expositions shows a symbol of the “Fighting Poland” emblem, while the other includes a collage connecting the current office of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy with the Second Lieutenant Stanisław Sasinowski “Żbik” on the barricade at Bracka St.