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It is with great sorrow that we bid farewell to Professor Israel Gutman, a member of the   Advisory Board of the Museum of the Second World War, who died on 1 October 2013 in Jerusalem. Professor Gutman was not only an eminent specialist in the history of the Jews and of the Holocaust, who invariably extended his generosity to us.

On 8 September 2013, the Museum of the Second World War organized an educational re-enactment, ‘Pogranicze '39’ [The border region in 1939], at the Museum of Folk Architecture in the Ethnographic Park in Olsztynek.

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Director of the Military History Institute Prague Col Ales Knizek and Director of the Museum of the Second World War Prof. Paweł Machcewicz signing a cooperation agreement. Photo: Sylwia Cyrulik

Museum of the Second World War became a member of ICOM, International Council of Museums, organisation of museums and museum professionals with a global scope. The Council was created in 1946, maintains formal relations with UNESCO and has a consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

This study by Grzegorz Motyka, Rafał Wnuk, Tomasz Stryjek and Adam F. Baran analyzes the anti-Soviet underground in East-Central Europe in 1944-53. The authors (with the exception of Adam F. Baran) took part in the event, discussing the issues covered in their book, their research methods, collection of documents and archival surveys.

On 1 September 2012, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Minister of Culture and National Heritage Bogdan Zdrojewski, Gdańsk Mayor Paweł Adamowicz, Head of the Prime Minister’s Office Tomasz Arabski and Director of the Museum of the Second World War Professor Paweł Machcewicz conducted the ceremony of setting the foundation stone of the museum building.

During this historical tour, organized with the participation of re-enactment groups, participants became acquainted with some of the war events connected with the history of the region and referring among others to the Nazi occupation, Polish Secret State and the Red Army’s offensive in Pomerania in 1945.

On 11 October 2011 in the History Meeting House in Warsaw, the Internal Security Agency deposited a German Enigma encrypting machine at the Museum of the Second World War. It will be shown in the permanent exhibition.