The Evangelical Cemetery, founded in 1839, was once located on the site of the current forest. In 1891, a decision was made to liquidate it, but before the forest appeared, the Suworow Fort Wawer was built, which was one of many elements of the fortifications surrounding Warsaw, the so-called Warsaw Fortress. The exhumed remains were moved to another part of the city, to the Evangelical-Augsburg Cemetery on Młynarska Street. The fort did not last long in this place, because it was blown up by Russian sappers in 1913. During the occupation, in 1943, the Citizens' Committee in Wawer, led by Stanisław Krupka, founded the "Sports Park named after My Mother". The plan was for the park to become a large recreational and sports center, but due to war operations, the idea could not be implemented. In 1944, the park was destroyed. The name of this forest complex is intriguing. It is not fully explained which mother it refers to. There is also a supposition that the name does not refer to just one mother, but many. There are many hypotheses and guesses here, but unfortunately it is not known which one is true. Some sources say that the forest was to be an expression of memory and a tribute to the mothers of Polish soldiers who died and went missing in defense of the Homeland during the war and occupation. In turn, other sources say that the forest is to commemorate the mothers of soldiers who went missing or were imprisoned during the war. There is also a third version saying that the forest commemorates the Mother Superior of the nearby Poor Clares Order, who initiated the afforestation of the wasteland.
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