Aktualności
Meeting of the Delegation of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk with Poles in Michigan on 21-24 November 2019 at Orchard Lake Centre and in the Parish of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Sterling Heights.
During the conference the lecture entitled „Poles and Jews under German occupation. Gross’s thesis reconsidered” was given by Prof. Grzegorz Berendt, PhD, deputy director of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk.
Ground works connected with filling the excavations from the fifth stage of archaeological research on Westerplatte ended on the 15th of November 2019. The research was received by protocol by the Pomeranian Provincial Monument Conservator in Gdańsk, stressing the necessity and the legitimacy to continue the archaeological works there.
Official commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of WW2 organised by the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk ended with a premiere of “Red Winter” on the 17th of November 2019.
Special screening of “Gdańsk 1939” documentary was held at the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk. The documentary directed by Grzegorz Karbowski depicts the events of 1939 in Gdańsk and their genesis referring, amongst others, to the establishment of the Free City of Gdańsk and its Nazification in the 1930s. Free screenings of the film for the public will be held in the Museum Cinema on the 22nd, 24th and 29th of November 2019.
Official closing day of the “Struggle and Suffering” exhibition was held on the 14th of November 2019 at 4:00 PM at the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest. The exhibition was organised by the Polish Institute in Budapest. The event was held under the patronage of Zsolt Semjén, Hungary’s Deputy Prime Minister.
Today, during works on the ninth skeleton found yesterday at the archaeological site of the fifth season of archaeological research on Westerplatte, 7.65 Browning FN pistol with spare magazine was found at the waist height of the person whose skeleton was being lifted.
The exhibition is designed as an interdisciplinary project based on a variety of forms, media and scenographic solutions. They are woven into a cohesive story about the Polish experience of World War II, which provides vivid insights into the horror and tragedy of those times.
Lieutenant Colonel Jan Kowalewski Award ceremony took place on the 28th of September 2019 in the Jan Olszewski conference room. The names of the laureates were announced along with their achievements which provided the basis for the accolade.
