Westerplatte-Museum, Military history museum in Gdańsk, Poland.
The Westerplatte Museum is a military museum on a peninsula in Gdańsk, located in a former Polish garrison post. It displays weapons, documents, photographs, and everyday items belonging to the soldiers who were stationed there.
The site was the scene of a siege that started in 1939 when an invading army attacked and a small group of soldiers held their ground. This brief but intense event shaped the history of the city and country in the years that followed.
The site holds deep meaning for Polish identity, marking a moment when the nation chose to resist. Visitors see how soldiers lived and worked in these spaces during their time here.
You can easily reach the site from central Gdańsk and walk around the entire peninsula on foot. It is best to wear comfortable shoes since you will walk a lot and the paths can be uneven.
Visitors can enter a preserved underground shelter that still contains original equipment and personal items from that time. These subterranean rooms give an immediate sense of how cramped and dark conditions were.
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