Monday, June 20, 2011

Westerplatte

Today we went to Westerplatte, Gdansk.  This is the place where the
German army entered Poland in Aug-Sept 1939, at the beginning of the WWII.



The ruins of a building in Westerplatte.
The cellar of this building was used as bomb shelter.


There were several plaques like this with the names of the
Polish defenders.  They had planted roses in front of all of them.


This is the monument to remember the men who faught
for their country.
There were many groups of children and youth touring Westerplatte
when we were there.  Seesome of them on the steps of the monument.



As we walked up the hill to the monument we enjoyed
the fragrance of pink and white roses. 

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