Westerplatte
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The principal mission of Westerplatte Museum - Branch of Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk is to preserve, maintain, and revitalise the former…
Archaeologists from the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk have made another significant discovery at the site of a Polish artillery position…
The remnants of the destroyed Guardhouse No. 5, alongside the foundations of a demolished officers' villa, have been preserved as visible elements to…
The building of the former Military Transit Depot (MTD) power plant on Westerplatte, although currently located on the outskirts and not open to the…
The ammunition base currently serves as a wharf and a support facility for maritime equipment belonging to law enforcement agencies, including the…
The arrival of the first guard unit on Westerplatte, formed by the forces of the 4th Infantry Division, marked the beginning of Poland's military…
Yet another of the presented structures from the former Military Transit Depot on Westerplatte that no longer exists today. Only remnants of its…
In December 2020, an international architectural competition was held for a new cemetery design on Westerplatte. In the coming years, all of the…
As a supplement to the article discussing the transformations and forms of the cemetery at Westerplatte, we would like to commemorate, separately,…
For several decades, Westerplatte has been associated with the Monument to the Defenders of the Coast, unveiled ceremoniously in October 1966. Since…
The remains of the destroyed Guardhouse No. 5, next to the foundations of the dismantled officer's villa, will soon become educational elements…
The administrative building of the former Military Transit Depot is the next building presented as part of the #HistoriaWesterplatte series. To this…
The so-called Old Barracks building on Westerplatte was erected in the central part of the peninsula, along with the administrative building already…
Senior Sergeant Reserve Wojciech Najsarek – station master and railwayman. The first of the fallen Polish defenders of the Military Transit Depot at…
Corporal Andrzej Kowalczyk
The first of the Polish defenders who fell at the Military Transit Depot on Westerplatte.
In this article, we…