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Lucyna Adamkiewicz: I was a prisoner in the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, and in Gusen II camp. The way in which we were treated is indescribable. I could not believe when I heard that these were "Polish death camps". Those camps were German camps.

 

Pod opieką naszych edukatorów i archeologów, z pomocą narzędzi używanych przez prawdziwych archeologów poszukamy przedmiotów nawiązujących do historii obrony Westerplatte.

In December 2017, a catalog of the temporary exhibition "Westerplatte in 7 scenes" was published by our Museum. The catalog presents the results of the first stage of archeological research on Westerplatte.

The members of the Gruszkowski family who lived in Lviv, in order to avoid the destruction of their flag, hid it in the home coal store, where it remained safe for the entire war.

The Directorate of the Museum of the Second World War on December 12 and 13 met with representatives of Liberation Route Europe. Matters of further cooperation were discussed and the Museum's main exhibition was presented to the guests.

Z ogromnym żalem informujemy, że dzisiejszej nocy odszedł Kazimierz Piechowski. Bohater jednej z najbardziej brawurowych ucieczek z KL Auschwitz.

The Museum of the Second World War, under the theme "Westerplatte - The Polish Pearl Harbor", today commemorated the 76th anniversary of the entry of the USA into World War II.

The Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk welcomes students and teachers to take advantage of its varied educational offer.