The monument was built in 1985 as a bronze eagle on granite rock base. It is 6.5 meters high and it is located just next to city hall. It commemorates Poles killed by Germans during occupation of Poland in 1939 – 1945.

During the early hours of German invasion in 1939 their security forces know as a Gestapo was busy rounding up any opposition and Polish activists. Particularly the intelligence and people working in Polish organization were the first target of oppressions and arrests. German intelligence was very well informed of the names to be targeted because of cooperation from some local population which was a mix of Polish and German settlers. Also they have been successful in recruiting new informants in 1930s who helped them tn crack down Polish organizations, particularly by bribing them with promise of new job promotions. Many Polish citizens who declared its Polish roots were removed from their properties and send to prisoners and concentration camps, many of them were later executed. Some of the most prominent names killed in Piasnica were priest Walter Hoeft, Władysław Cieszyński, priest Jerzy Majewski in Dachau, priest Jerzy Majewski and Władysław Szymański in Stutthof, Brunon Brzoskowski and Józef Ossowski in Sachsenhausen. To remember their names and sacrifice the monument was erected in March 22, 1985 with names of 74 Poles who were killed by Germans in Sopot.