Search results for: world war Poznan World War II Poznań After being annexed by Nazi Germany in 1939, Poznań was incorporated into the Third Reich and underwent aggressive Germanisation, with over 100,000 civilians … Gdańsk Visiting the World War II Museum in Gdańsk World War II began with Germany’s attack on Poland at the Polish military base at the Westerplatte Peninsula on September 1, 1939 and it’s therefore Gdańsk Westerplatte: Where WWII Began Disover more about Gdansk's rich and fascinating history in our beautiful new guidebook. Be one of the first to see Krakow KL Płaszów Concentration Camp in Kraków It’s hard to go anywhere in Poland without being reminded of one of the darkest chapters in the history of humanity, and Kraków, for all of its beautiful and … Krakow Polish Independence Day in Kraków While other parts of the world celebrate November 11th as 'Remembrance Day' (UK, Canada), 'Armistice Day' (France, NZ), and 'Veterans Day' (USA), for Poles the … Wroclaw Festung Breslau: The Siege of 1945 On August 24th 1944, Adolf Hitler declared the city of Breslau (‘Wrocław’ today) a ‘closed military fortress’ to be defended from the advancing Soviet army at … Gdańsk WWII in Gdańsk World War II was the most globally-extensive, most deadly, and most deadly conflict in human history. And it began right here in Danzig/Gdańsk... Warsaw The Warsaw Uprising: An Epic 63-Day Struggle August 1, 1944. Warsaw, subject to five years of fascist hegemony, rose up in popular rebellion in what would go on to be recorded as the largest-ever uprising … Krakow Remembering the Kraków Ghetto (March 1941 - March 1943) Kraków has always been regarded as the cultural centre of Poland, and before World War II it was likewise an important cultural centre for approximately 65,000 … Gdańsk The Wolf's Lair - Hitler's Wartime HQ The 1939 Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact saw Poland carved up between Germany and the Soviet Union, yet even this failed to satisfy Adolf Hitler’s growing megalomania. … Warsaw Scars of the Warsaw Uprising 01 August 2022 marks the 78th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising, and if you happen to be in the city on Saturday, at 17:00, don’t be shocke Wroclaw The Red Baron of Breslau: Manfred von Richthofen Manfred von Richthofen, 1917 Better known as 'The Red Baron,' Manfred von Poznan Paul von Hindenburg As Poland’s fifth largest city, and one of its oldest, it’s sensible to assume a few famous faces have been born here. Indeed a quick glance through history … Johannesburg Showing the making: William Kentridge on The Head & the Load The Head and the Load, one of the most hotly anticipated theatre productions of 2023 in Joburg (April 21 to May 6, 2023 at Krakow Gorlice: Natural Beauty, Oil Heritage & WWI History ‘Lesser’ we would hardly call it, as Małopolska (‘Lesser Poland’) is perhaps the most well-endowed of Poland’s 16 provinces, harbouring beautiful mountains and … Krakow 'Sonderaktion Krakau' | The Nazi Attack on Jagiellonian University If you’re in Kraków on November 6th, also known in PL as 'University Remembrance Day,' you may notice black flags solemnly hanging from many of the buildings … Krakow Oskar Schindler Immortalised by Thomas Keneally's book, Schindler's Ark, and then later in the massively successful Spielberg film Schindler's List, Oskar Schindler is a name … Wroclaw Jewish Wrocław Wrocław’s Jewish community is one of the oldest in today’s Poland, dating back to the 12th century when the city was an important trade centre along the Amber … Krakow On the Trail of Schindler's List in Kraków | Schindler's List Film Locations in Kraków Kraków is the largest international tourist destination in Poland, and while its gorgeous, well-preserved Old Town and idyllic location on the Vistula river … Gdańsk Top Museums to Visit in Gdańsk The city of Gdańsk is over a thousand years old, growing from a small fortification in the 10th century to a wealthy Baltic port in the late middle ages and … Poznan Poznań's Lake Rusałka Poznań boasts a dense historic Old Town directly between two of Poland’s largest man-made urban recreation areas in lakes Malta (to the east) and Rusałka (to … Trebinje World War II Monument A monument found close to the cultural centre in the city park, Trebinje’s World War II statue is a classical homage to the millions who died in that most … Gibraltar World War II Tunnels The Great Siege Tunnels came first, but the World War II Tunnels are the real main event of Gibraltar’s tunnels. The introduction of machinery obviously … Tarnow World War I Cemetery No. 91 The largest WWI cemetery in Gorlice, cemetery 91 is also the most well-kept and majestic. Located atop Cemetery Hill at 357m above sea level, the cemetery is a … Tarnow World War I Cemetery No. 123 Of the 378 World War One cemeteries scattered about western Galicia (today southern Poland), this is one of the largest, most well-known and arguably the most … Warsaw World War II Graffiti Originally painted in 1944 and painted over in 1945, these symbols were uncovered again in 2014 during renovation works. The PW is the symbol of the kotwica, a … Kaliningrad First World War monument Initiated in concept by the Russian Military History Society, designed by prolific public sculptor Salavat Shcherbakov and crowdfunded entirely by public … Dojran & Gevgelija First World War October 1915, the particularly fierce and violent battles, that completely devastated the area and that cost several thousand lives on both sides, ended in … Gdańsk WWII Museum As World War II officially began with the simultaneous German attacks on the Westerplatte Peninsula and the Gdańsk Museum of the Polish Post Office During the interwar era of the Free City of Danzig, the autonomous city state had two post offices - one municipal, and one run by the Polish government. As an … Gdańsk Guardhouse no 1. at Westerplatte A small museum on Westerplatte adding further colour to the events of September 1939, housed inside the former Guardhouse from which the strategic defence of … Gdańsk Stutthof Death Camp Museum Stutthof Museum is a recommended visit for anyone who wishes to learn more about the 20th-century history of Gdańsk, Gdańsk Skagerrakstein Monument Hidden away in the depths of the Wrzeszcz district is this remarkable monument which played an interesting role in history yet today stands forlornly looking … Gdańsk Monument to the Evacuated Children During 1938 and 1939 it is estimated that the lives of some 10,000 Jewish children were saved thanks to the organisers of what would come to be known as … Gdańsk Monument to the Defenders of the Polish Post Office Commissioned in 1979 by the Polish Communications Ministry and the Council for the Protection of Monuments of Battle and Martyrdom, and unveiled on September 1 … Gdańsk Military Cemetery WWII saw heavy casualties on all sides, none heavier than in the last year of the war when the city faced the wrath of Allied bombing and the advancing Red … Gdańsk New Town Hall Known fondly by locals of a certain age today as ‘Żak’, this beautiful building which was renovated in the years after the turn of the century was originally … Gdańsk Granary Island One of the most visible recent changes to this ever-changing city can be seen right in the heart of the old town Gdańsk Cemetery of the Lost Cemeteries Designed by Jacek Krenz and Hanna Klementowska and featuring sculptures by Zygfryd Korpalski and Witold Głuchowski, this small memorial between the Church of … Gdańsk Cemetery of the Defenders of Westerplatte This cemetery on the Westerplatte peninsula contains the bodies of the 15 men who died during the first engagement of World War II when Nazi Germany launched … Gdańsk Victoria Schule In the years leading up to the war the Nazis had gathered extensive lists of Poles seen as enemies of the Reich. This included everything from industrialists … Gdańsk Olejarna L-1100 Bunker An amazing building found between the old town and the shipyards close to the Polish Post Office building, this WWII bunker is remarkable because not only is … Gdańsk Grodzisko Hill Bunker Check out the Napoleonic hilltop forts on Gdańsk’s Grodzisko Hill next to the Centrum Hewelianum science exhibition. Built 46 metres above sea level the views … Gdańsk Dr. Spanner Operating from a small outhouse in the courtyard of the Medical Academy, Dr Rudolf Spanner perpetrated what is commonly regarded as one of the most heinous … Gdańsk U-Boat Hall (Montownia) The huge building sat rotting away over on the Old Town edge of the shipyard is Hala U-Bootow, or U-Boat Hall. It was here that the Danziger Werft company … Gdańsk Free City of Danzig Historical Zone Found tucked away in the shadow of the Green Gate, what looks like little more than a three minute diversion transpires to be a fascinating insight into the … Gdańsk Westerplatte 'Spa - Bastion - Symbol' Exhibition This is a permanent outdoor exhibition located on the Westerplatte, where World War II broke out. Split into four parts, the first shows the life of the … Gdańsk Soviet Cemetery Some 3,089 Soviet soldiers who fell during the siege of Danzig are buried in this cemetery. The graveyard consists of rows of stars and a large stone monument … Gdańsk Pl. Dominikanski Bunker The U7 bowling alley wasn’t always such and there’s a particularly sordid story behind this one. After the war German prisoners seconded into rubble clear Gdańsk Gestapo HQ What’s that sinister looking building on Okopowa 9? It’s currently occupied by the Internal Security Services, though it’s history is far more creepy. It’s … Gdańsk Kochanowskiego Bunker A bunker built for the military and medical personnel buttressing the hospital on ul. Kliniczna. The bunker has reputedly been used as a storage area since and … Gdańsk Biskupia Górka A walk along ul. Biskupia into the Biskupia Góra district (Stolzenberg in German) is a brief but poignant trip to Danzig's pre-war past. Cobblestones and … Gdańsk SS Street Search out ul. Ojcowska to find a street custom built for the SS. Amazingly, as a look on GoogleMaps reveals, seen from the air the two rows of terraced … Gdańsk WWII Bunkers Though Gdańsk and the Tri-city have slowly healed from the scars of WWII, several Na Gdańsk Forsterówka Closed. Expected to reopen in ealy 2024. If you’ve got your own transport take a trip out to the Sobieszewo Island, and the out-of-town residence used by … Gdańsk The Tank As you head up Victory Avenue (Al. Zwycięstwa) towards Wrzeszcz from Gdańsk old town, you may notice a small green tank sitting on a plinthe to your right. … Gdańsk Zaspa Cemetery This small cemetery is the chief burial place for those murdered by the Nazis during WWII either in police detention or in the early years of the Stutthof … Gdańsk Statue to the Defenders of Westerplatte In the southwest corner of the peninsula is a huge, 25-metre monument made of 236 granite blocks. The work of the architect Adam Haupt and sculptor Franciszek … Klaipėda Stalag Luft VI In turns a German prisoner of war camp for Allied air crews and then a camp for prisoners of the Soviet regime, the almost entirely forgotten site that was … Prague Gestapo HQ This sombre black building is now the headquarters of the Czech Trade Office, but between 1939-1945 this was the most feared buildings in the city. Jews and … Gdańsk Kaiserhafen Bunker This was the bunker where Gunter Grass spent part of his war, getting off school to serve in the Luftwaffe Auxilliary, an experience he described later as … Poznan Fort IX - Brünneck After the Second World War, Brünneck was mainly used by firms to store gear and equipment. Given its location and surrounding park, lots of people find … Warsaw Warsaw Zoo If you wish to escape the urban jungle and see some exotic wildlife, then head to the Warsaw Zoo. Opened in 1928, Warsaw Zoo covers an area of 40 hectares and … Gdańsk Wisłoujście Fortress Unfortunately, Wisłoujście Fortress is closed for renovations until 2024. Until the 16th century, when the growing Westerplatte Peninsula Warsaw Palmiry National Memorial & Museum This highly recommended museum in the forest outside Warsaw significantly ups the standard for how a small exhibit can pack a huge punch. A bit of an … Wroclaw Former Air Raid Shelter on ul. Słówiańska Wroclaw Former Air Raid Shelter on Plac Strzegomski Built between 1942 and 1943 at the height of WWII, this 25m high above-ground air raid shelter promised protection during aerial bombardments with exterior … Wroclaw Former Air Raid Shelter on ul. Ładna Construction of this above-ground air raid shelter began at the end of 1942. Essentially shaped like a big brick, the shelter is 13 metres high, with 1.1 … Krakow U Babci Maliny Good quality Polish home-style cooking at surprisingly low prices allow you to eat (too) well without breaking the bank. Soup, pierogi, potato pancakes covered … Poznan Fort Ia - Boyen Poznan Fort IIIa - Prittwitz Of Poznań's 18 forts, this is one of the only presently accessible to the public, today finding use as the crematorium of the Miłostowo Cemetery. While not the … Poznan Fort IIa - Thümen Poznan Wielkopolska Martyrs Museum One of 18 forts built by the Prussians in the 1870s to protect Poznań’s perimeter, ‘Fort VII’ gained notoriety when it was used as a Gestapo penal camp between … Gdynia Home Army Monument Gdynia Torpedownia Hexengrund Gdynia Babie Doły This strange derelict industrial site 300m off the coast near Babie Doły, north of Gdynia, was built by the Germans to research, build and test torpedos … Gdańsk Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig Built on the corner of ul. Nowe Ogrody and ul. 3-go Maja (at what was Neugarten 23) at the end of the 19th century, the Volkstag’s original function was to … Podkarpackie Przemyśl Fortress One of Europe’s largest fortresses at the start of the 20th century, the Ring Fortress of Przemyśl is a fine example of Austro-Hungarian defensive … Warsaw Former Gestapo HQ Every bit as disturbing as Pawiak is the former Gestapo HQ, found on Al. Szucha 25. Built between 1927 and 1930, the building's original purpose was to serve … Warsaw Janusz Korczak Monument A monument to Janusz Korczak and the children from his orphanage, who were sent to Treb Warsaw Katyń Museum The Museum was created in 1993 but in 2015, it relocated to its current site in the impressive Warsaw Citadel and the permanent c Krakow Home Army Museum This beautifully restored 3-floor red-brick railway building has been adapted (including a gorgeous glass atrium) to house the Home Army Museum - documenting … Tarnow Regional Center of Education about Remembrance The Regional Center for Education about Remembrance operates in a former barracks where the 16th Infantry Regiment of the Polish Army was stationed in the … Krakow Liban Quarry One of the creepiest, most forgotten places in Kraków, the Liban Quarry should first and foremost be a place of remembrance for the victims of the N Krakow Ghetto Wall Fragment Though less visible and less visited than the ghetto wall fragment on ul. Lwowska, this section of the original wall is longer and arguably more evocative. … Krakow Liberator Mural This striking mural in Podgórze was designed and painted by Dagmara Matuszak in the summer of 2018. It commemorates the fate of the RAF B-24 Liberator KG933 Krakow Schindler's Villa This villa in Zabłocie - the only of its kind today in the area - served as the administrative building of Józef Górecki's Iron Works and Ornamental Castings … Gdańsk Wolf's Lair The Wolf’s Lair (GER: Wolfsschanze, PL: Wilczy Szaniec) attracts over 200,000 visitors annually, yet in spite of this information plaques are scant and largely … Warsaw Pawiak Prison Built in the 1830s to serve as a Tsarist prison, Pawiak came to the fore during WWII when it slipped into the hands of the Gestapo. During the Nazi occupation … Krakow Plac Niepodległości Directly over the Piłsudski Bridge in Podgórze, this sizeable public square played an important role in the city's history when it became the site of the first … Krakow Jewish Funeral Parlour Ruins Just past the Guardhouse and SS Officers' Club on the right side of the road is a footpath directly into the camp along what was once the dividing li Warsaw Janusz Korczak Monument A monument to Janusz Korczak and the children from his orphanage, who were sent to Treb Lubuskie Prisoner of War Camps Museum Famous for the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III in 1944 (thanks to Hollywood's fictionalised account) Lubuskie Międzyrzecz Fortified Region One of the most exceptional, least known and least visited World War II sites in Poland, the Międzyrzecz Fortified Region (Międzyrzecki Rejon Umocniony, or … Lubuskie Kostrzyn Fortress Museum Once a prestigious fortified city, today a forgotten ruin, the Kostrzyn Fortress Museum is all that remains today of a city of 24,000 people that was … Warsaw Charles de Gaulle Monument Charles de Gaulle is the subject of one of Warsaw’s more prominent monuments. Striding away from what was once the Commie party HQ, the monument is a gift from … Warsaw Ruins of the Risings Between 1939 and 1944 85% of the left-bank of Warsaw was completely destroyed, with the city centre bearing the brunt of the damage. In spite of the Herculean … Bydgoszcz Valley of Death The main memorial sculpture. Warsaw Warsaw Uprising Mural Created in 2017 at ul. Płocka 41 (Wola district), “Pamięć o Cywilnej Ludności Powstańczej Warszawy” (In memory of civilians of the Warsaw Uprising). It took 3 … Poznan Fort II - Stülpnage Completed in 1882, Fort II remains one of the city’s best preserved forts, with virtually no damage. Fort II is covered in wild plants and trees and located … Velenje Topolšica Memorial Room The Second World War brought the German occupation to the Šalek Valley, which ended with the German forces signing the capitulation for the SE Europe in … Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz Battle & Martyrdom Monument Allegedly sited where it is to obscure the view of the Cathedral from Stary Rynek, this contr Warsaw Warsaw Uprising Fighters Mural Created in 2016, with support from locals of the Bielany and Żoliborz districts, this mural commemorates the fighters of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. You can … Krakow Monument to Those Who Fought for Poland This imposing monument near the river at the corner of ul. Powisłe and ul. Zwierzyniecka is one of several local works by famous Cracovian sculptor Bronisław … Warsaw Little Sabotage An original little piece of sabotage/graffiti carried out by scouts during the Second World War, it shows a swastika hanging from the gallows! To have been … St.Petersburg Park Pobedy Moskovsky Park Pobedy (Moscow Victory Park) is full of life. On the southern side, there is a small cafe which has drinks and hot snacks. Park Pobedy is a … Moscow Victory Museum Dedicated to the Great Patriotic War or World War II as it is known in the west, this museum opened in 1995 on the 50th anniversary of the Great Victory. The … Gdynia Scout Monument A monument dedicated to Gdynia Secret Scouts Troop (Gdyni Tajny Hufiec Harcerzy) who carried out clandestine operations in occupied Gdynia during WWII. Their … Warsaw Warsaw Uprising Mural This mural on the steps leading up to the Śląsko-Dąbrowski Bridge (from Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie) shows heads peering through a crack, It was unveiled on the … Dublin War Memorial Gardens The names of the 49,400 Irish soldiers who died in WWl are recorded in eight volumes housed in the granite Bookrooms of these graceful 20 acre gardens. …