During the last years of his 75-year-long career Szukalski ’s major projects as a sculptor were '' Prometheus '' ( 1943 ) , designed for Paris in homage to the French partisans ; the '' Rooster of Gaul '' ( 1960 ) , a gigantic and complex structure that he wanted the U.S. to give France to reciprocate for the Statue of Liberty ; '' Katyn '' ( 1979 ) , a monument to commemorate the death of more than 20,000 Polish officers and intellectuals killed by the Soviets during World War II ; and a monument intended for the city of Venice ( 1982 ) , featuring the Polish pope John Paul II . None of these projects went much further than Szukalski 's immediate friends
killed by the Soviets during World War II
Katyn massacre
Stanisław Szukalski