Westerplatte memorial
The Westerplatte monument , in Polish Pomnik Obrońców Wybrzeża (Monument to the Defenders of the Coast), was unveiled on October 9, 1966 on the Westerplatte near Gdansk . It commemorates the defense of the Westerplatte by Polish soldiers at the beginning of the Second World War .
The 23 meter high monument was made from 236 granite blocks from a quarry in Strzegom, Lower Silesia, and has a total weight of 1150 tons. It stands on the bank of the harbor canal in the middle of an artificial hill.
The monument was designed by Franciszek Duszeńko, Adam Haupt and Henryk Kitowski.
See also
- Muzeum II Wojny Światowej (neighboring, a temporarily opened Polish museum about the Second World War , since January 26, 2017; arranges the events here in the course of the entire war)
Web links
Commons : Westerplatte Monument - Collection of images, videos and audio files
literature
- Z. Flisowski: Tu na Westerplatte . Książka i Wiedza, Warszawa 1982.
Individual evidence
- ^ Martin Sander: The Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk - An undesirable historical image. Deutschlandfunk from January 24, 2017
Coordinates: 54 ° 24 ′ 24 ″ N , 18 ° 40 ′ 2 ″ E