Defenders Westerplatte Memorial
The 23 meters high memorial at Gdansk commemorates the fallen Polish coast defenders in the German September campaign. The whole construction consists of 236 blocks of granite and weighs 1.1150 tons.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Danny Morees
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Museum
- Westerplatte - Guard Post No.1 Westerplatte Museum - Gdansk
- Gdansk Museum of the Second World War - Gdansk
- Post Office Museum Gdansk - Gdansk
Point of interest
- Remains of Military Transit Depot Westerplatte - Gdansk
- Westerplatte - Remains Amunition Magazine - Gdansk
- Information Panels Westerplatte - Gdansk
Monument
- Memorial "Westerplatte" - Gdansk
- Memorial Sign "Nigdy Wiecej Wojny" - Gdansk
- Liberation Memorial (T-34/76 Tank) Gdansk - Gdansk
Cemetery
- Symbolic Polish War Cemetery Westerplatte & Grave Sucharski - Gdansk
- Cemetery Victims National Socialism "Zaspa" - Gdansk
- Soviet War Cemetery Gdańsk - Gdansk
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