• On September 1st, 1939 a division of the SS attacked the Gdansk post office complex as the opening act of the invasion of Poland, rightly believing it to be the...
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  • Commissioned in 1979 by the Polish Communications Ministry and the Council for the Protection of Monuments of Battle and Martyrdom, and unveiled on...
  • The Defence of the Polish Post Office in Danzig (Gdańsk) was one of the first acts of World War II in Europe, as part of the September Campaign.:
  • The Monument to the Defenders of the Polish Post Office - sitting outside the Polish post office in Gdansk - represents one of the first battles of World War II.
  • The defenders of the Polish post office of Danzig are remembered with a monument commemorating their sacrifice in what is now Gdansk.
  • To honour the defenders of Westerplatte, the Polish Post Office in Gdansk and other courageous defenders of the Polish coast in September 1939, a huge...
  • The Polish Post Office building in Gdańsk is located within the Old Town area, on the boundary with the Osiek and Zamczysko districts.
  • This memorial is dedicated to the Polish defenders of the post office "Gdansk 3". On 1 September 1939, they withstood several assaults of the SS Heimwehr...
  • The statue depicts Nike, the goddess of victory, and a wounded defender of the Polish Post Office in Gdańsk, shown in a semi-recumbent position as he hands...
  • On September 1st, 1939 a division of the SS attacked the Gdansk post office complex as the opening act of the invasion of Poland.
  • After preparing a white flag, the defenders sent two emmisaries – dr Jan Michoń, the director of the Post Office and Józef Wąsik, the commandant of the Post...
  • In 1979, in the People’s Republic of Poland, a Defenders of the Polish Post Monument was unveiled in Gdańsk.