Nicolaus Copernicus Monument

This guide to the Nicolaus Copernicus Monument in Warsaw opens on a February morning in 1942, when men dressed as city workers walked up to the pedestal and began prying something loose while occupying troops looked on. It follows the young scout who led that daylight theft, the German plaque he was removing, and the statue's own close call two years later when retreating soldiers came for it meaning to melt it down.