Woodrow Wilson himself can be found standing in the park of his name (park Wilsona). Designed by Zofia Trzcińska-Kamińska this natty statue first went up in 1931, only to be taken down a short while later by the Nazis. What you see before you is an identical replica. But why Wilson? Why a yank in the middle of Poznań? Put simply few other outsiders did more to ensure Poland’s independence after WWI, and the Poles were so happy with this nice American they decided to build a monument to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the creation of the United States.