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.