Statue of the Hungarian Boy

The statue of the Hungarian Boy (Polish: Pomnik Chłopca Węgierskiego), also known as the statue of the Boy from Pest (Hungarian: A Pesti srác szobra; Polish: Pomnik Chłopca z Pesztu), is a bronze statue by Richárd Juha in Szczecin, Poland, located at the Bright Meadows Square, next to Skarga Street, within the Downtown-North neighbourhood. It depicts a 17-year-old boy with a rifle, and commemorates the aid of Szczecin inhabitants to Budapest population during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. The statue was unveiled on 9 December 2016.

The statue was designed by Richárd Juha. It was proposed Szilárd Németh, a member of the National Assembly of Hungary, as a acknowledgment of the aid of the inhabitants of Szczecin, Poland to the population of Budapest, Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, and financed by the council of Csepel, a district of Budapest. It was unveiled in Szczecin on 9 December 2016.^[1][2][3] Prior to this, an identical statue was unveiled in Budapest, on 23 October 2016, for the 60th anniversary of the revolution.^[3] Another statue by Richárd Juha, depicting the same person, but with different pose, holding a flag of Hungary, was also unveiled on 17 October 2016 in Washington, D.C., United States.^[4]

The bronze statue depicts a 17-year-old boy wearing a suit and a cap, with a rifle worn on his back. He is reaching with his right hand for a handshake. The statue have the height of 1.75 m.^[1][3]