Warsaw & Gdansk

Battlefield and History Tours recommends the following

• European Solidarity Centre: European Solidarity Centre Is a museum and library which are devoted to the following areas: the Polish trade union, history of Solidarity, civil resistance movement and other opposition movements of Communist Eastern Europe. Right next to the museum you will also find the #2 gate of the Gdansk Shipyards and the Three Crosses Monument.
• Warsaw Jewish Cemetery: Warsaw Jewish Cemetery It is one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in Europe and the world. It was established in 1806 and is 33 hectares in size. The number of graves is estimated between 200,000 and 300,00 as it has number of mass graves of victims from the Warsaw Ghetto.
• Czar PRL - Life under Communism Museum: Czar PRL - Life under Communism Museum A small museum which has memorabilia from the time during communist occupation.
• Polish Army Museum: Polish Army Museum is the museum is dedicated to showcasing the last thousand years of Polish military history from the Middles Ages to Modern day UN peace missions conducted by the Polish army. It currently holds the largest collection of military objects in Poland.
• Mausoleum of Struggle and Martyrdom: Mausoleum of Struggle and Martyrdom is the building pre-war was used as the Ministry of Religious Beliefs and Public Education but during the war the Nazi’s turned it into the Sicherheitspolizei and Sicherheitsdienst police forces headquarters. The basement was transformed into a jail which the tortured and interrogated the local Polish population. It is now a museum.
• Warsaw Uprising Museum: Warsaw Uprising Museum is the museum is dedicated to the Warsaw uprising of 1944 is has several exhibits which cover the following areas: German occupation of Warsaw, the uprising, and its aftermath.
• POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews the museum located on the former Warsaw Ghetto houses a multimedia exhibition which details the history of the Polish Jewish community for a thousand years up to WW II and includes a small gallery to show the Post-war years.
• Stutthof Concentration Camp: Stutthof Concentration Camp The camp was the first Nazi camp to be set up outside of the German borders as it was in operation from September 2nd, 1939. It was also the last of the major concentration camps to be liberated on the 9th of May 1945. The site is now an open-air museum allowing you to look around the camp.
• Museum of the Second World War: Museum of the Second World War A relatively new museum which opened in March 2017 tells the story of WW II from a Polish point of a view. The museums’ exhibition is split up into three main areas ‘The Road to War’, ‘The Horrors of War’, and ‘The War’s Long Shadow’ which between them have over 2,000 exhibits on display.
• Westerplatte: Westerplatte The area famous for the Battle of Westerplatte, one of the first battles in the German’s invasion of Poland and marking the start of the WW II in Europe. The area now a has monument in memory of the Polish defenders and a small exhibition is now in Guard post used by the Polish defenders.
  

Other Visits and Excursions

• St Mary’s Church: The church believed to be the largest brick church in the world. The church was completed in 1502 and has held Roman Catholic and Lutheran. It is said to be able to accommodate up to 25,000 people at one time.
• Gdansk History Museum: The museum is in the historical town hall which has the tallest tower in Gdansk which stands at 81.5m in height, you can go up the tower for great views of the city. The museum has several exhibits about the history of Gdansk up till the 20th century and has the original famous red room to see in all its splendour.
• Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: The monument located on Piłsudski Square was built in 1925 to commemorate the anonymous victims who died fighting for Poland’s independence. Visit while the guards are changing over which happens every hour, 365 days of the year.