Roger Moorhouse - Hitler and Stalin: the Forgotten Relationship Between the Two Superpowers of WWII

On the 80th anniversary of the signing of Molotov and Ribbentrop signing a Pact of aggression against the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk along with the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity Institute (Instytut Europejskiej Sieci Pamięć i Solidarność) organised a two-day (23 and 24 August 2019) international scientific conference entitled “The Pact for War. The Collusion of 23 August 1939 Between Hitler and Stalin from a Contemporary Perspective 80 Years After the Outbreak of the Second World War”.

The inauguration lecture entitled “Hitler and Stalin: the Forgotten Relationship Between the Two Superpowers of World War II” was given by Roger Moorhouse, author of “First to Fight: The Polish War 1939”.