In Gdańsk, a World War II museum will be established by 2014
Warsaw - In 2014, visitors in the northern Polish city of Gdańsk will be able to view a museum dedicated to World War II. The Polish government on Tuesday allocated over 358 million zlotys from the state budget for its construction. The museum is set to be officially opened on September 1, 2014, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the start of the largest conflict in human history.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government stated that although it has been more than 70 years since the beginning of World War II, no museum in the world has yet been established that comprehensively presents its course. The fact that it will be established in Gdańsk is not a coincidence. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany began its invasion of Poland with an attack on the small Westerplatte peninsula, marking the start of World War II.
The museum, featuring a main exhibition area of approximately 4,000 square meters, will familiarize its visitors with events of "great" world politics as well as the stories of ordinary people. It will showcase not only the fates of Poles but also those of other nationalities.
World War II is estimated to have claimed between 50 to 55 million human lives. More than six million Polish citizens died during it, about half of whom were Jews who were exterminated by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
A museum dedicated to the life and history of Jews in Poland is expected to open in Warsaw in 2012. It is being built in the Muranów district opposite the Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial, at a site where the foundations of the former Jewish quarter are hidden underground. Its construction is funded half by the Polish government and half by the Warsaw city hall.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government stated that although it has been more than 70 years since the beginning of World War II, no museum in the world has yet been established that comprehensively presents its course. The fact that it will be established in Gdańsk is not a coincidence. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany began its invasion of Poland with an attack on the small Westerplatte peninsula, marking the start of World War II.
The museum, featuring a main exhibition area of approximately 4,000 square meters, will familiarize its visitors with events of "great" world politics as well as the stories of ordinary people. It will showcase not only the fates of Poles but also those of other nationalities.
World War II is estimated to have claimed between 50 to 55 million human lives. More than six million Polish citizens died during it, about half of whom were Jews who were exterminated by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
A museum dedicated to the life and history of Jews in Poland is expected to open in Warsaw in 2012. It is being built in the Muranów district opposite the Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial, at a site where the foundations of the former Jewish quarter are hidden underground. Its construction is funded half by the Polish government and half by the Warsaw city hall.
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