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25th of May there was a ceremonial opening of the temporary exhibition entitled "Boxers in the hell of the camps." The exhibition commemorates the fate of the boxers who were forced by the Germans to fight in concentration camps, often giving their lives for a proverbial slice of bread.
White-and-red flags, banners with slogans “Leve de Bevrijders!” (Long live the liberators!), “Long live Poland”, flowers – in this way the Flemish community welcomed the Polish 1st Armoured Division commanded by gen. Maczek. This grateful remembrance is still alive after so many years – as shown by the international exhibition "Armoured Wings" presenting the liberation of Flanders by the 1st Armoured Division in September 1944.
The Directorate of the Museum of the Second World War on April 26, 2018 at 10.00 am local time took part in a scientific conference devoted to the centenary of Poland's regaining independence at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Almaty.
The next edition of the European Night of Museums in Pomerania will take place on the night of 19-20 May 2018. We invite you to visit the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk and Westerplatte. For this day, we have prepared a special tour program for you.
We hereby express our strongest disapproval of the Mayor's of Jersey City, Steven Fulop, plans to remove the Katyn Memorial and stow in a warehouse.
