Poland emphasizes the 75 th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second world war
Leonid Sviridov. Poland highlights the 75-th anniversary world war II commemorative ceremony with the participation of Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk were started on the first day of the week on Westerplatte, reports journalist Last news .
The main ceremony was begun on the Peninsula of Westerplatte near Gdansk, where 1 September 1939 4. 45 am with the German attack on Poland began the Second world war. In the largest in modern history military conflict has died, according to various estimates, from 50 to 70 million people.
in the event Westerplatte was attended by the Mayor of Gdansk Pawel Adamovich, head of the Polish government, elected new Chairman of the Council of Europe Donald Tusk, the Minister of national defense of Poland Tomasz Simonak, Minister of culture of Poland Malgorzata Omilanowska.
The audience at Westerplatte in 4. 45 a.m. (06. 45 MSK) asked Donald Tusk, Recalling the memories of his childhood, when on the way to school He saw the phrase on the walls of Gdansk houses " Never can be war. Tusk was born in Gdansk on April 22, 1957.
" These words - " Never can be war " - it is here, in Gdansk, have a special meaning, " said the Prime Minister of Poland. He said that the madness of the Nazi ideology led To the outbreak of the Second world war." 75 years ago the citizens believed that the war will not "said Tusk.
" This call - " Never can be war - should not be a manifest weak and helpless. Now is not the time for a simple naive optimism, " drew the attention of the elected head of the Council of Europe.
" We look at the tragedy of Ukraine and know that September 1939 should not be repeated, " said Tusk. He tried to convince the politicians to make " wise strategy of the North Atlantic Union " to protect the interests of NATO.
" We have no illusions, but all this requires effective action to maintain security and fair apparatus in the world. We are ready To call " Never can be war in the name of peace, " said the Prime Minister of Poland in the context of the events in the East of Ukraine.
As stated Last news in the office of the President of Poland, 17 hours 19. 00 GMT) on the graves of the defenders of Westerplatte memorial candles will light the presidents of Poland and Germany Bronislaw Komorowski and Joachim gauck. Then the leaders of the two countries will participate in commemorative events and will perform in front of the Monument to the Defenders of the Coast on the Westerplatte. The ceremony will End with the laying To the Monument of wreaths by the presidents of Poland and Germany.
Currently Westerplatte is a memorial complex dedicated to the memory of Polish soldiers who died in the beginning of the Second world war.
Westerplatte is a fragment of the Vistula spit at the mouth of the Dead Vistula, whose name is of Dutch origin (Westerplatte - Western sandbank).
in 1924, the decision of the League of Nations district Westerplatte was transferred to Poland to create a military transit depot with the garrison, which became operational in 1926.
in this place on 1 September 1939 4. 45 am volleys German battleship " Schleswig-Holstein " was fired on the Polish garrison that was the beginning of the Second world war. The heroic defense of 182 Defenders of the garrison under the command of major Henryk Sucharski became a symbol of Polish resistance to the Nazi invaders.
in the Central part of Westerplatte is a symbolic cemetery of the Defenders of the garrison. In October of 1966, there was a Monument to the Defenders of the Coast, dedicated to the victims of war and all the places where they were killed by Polish soldiers and sailors.
Monument to a height of 47 meters and it is made artificially barrow (22, 5 feet tall), from which the panorama of gda?sk and the Gda?sk Bay.
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