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Kuba / email: jakubm_scholastic@epals.com Age 15 Junior High School No. 4, Poland How Do We Remember World War II

On 1st of September on World War II beginning anniversary, by the hero's memorials we put flowers. War Veterans meet and revere the dead countryen. Many people in Poland lost family members, so they light the lanterns on their graves and go to church to pray for them. On Tv movies and documentaries are shown to commemorate people who fought and died in important battles, also the survivors are interviewed.


 * Memorials in our city.**

- **Pomnik 1 Brygady Pancernej** [The monument of first armour brigade] - **Pomnik Obrońców Gdyni 1939** [The monument of Gdynia 1939 defenders] - **Pomnik Obrońców Wybrzeża** [The monument of coast defenders] - **Pomnik** **Pamięci** **Rozstrzelanych** **Harcerzy** [The monument in memory of scouts executed by firing squad ]




 * Pomnik harcerzy** [ The Scouts Memorial]

[The monument in memory of warships “Burza, Wicher, Grom, Błyskawica” / 'Storm, Gale, Thunder, Lightning']
 * Pomnik "Burza, Wicher, Grom, Błyskawica"**

[The monument of the Armed Forces Soldiers in the west]
 * Pomnik Żołnierzom Sił Zbrojnych na Zachodzie**

[The monument of Home Army soldiers]
 * Pomnik Żołnierzom Armii Krajowej**

[The monument in Memory of Tortured to death for Faith and Fatherland]
 * Pomnik Pamięci Zamęczonych za Wiarę i Ojczyznę**

[The monument of Syberian exiles]
 * Pomnik Zesłańców Syberyjskich**



= = = = =  = = = = = = Stanisław Maczek = = = Stanisław Maczek born March 31 1892 and died December 11 1994 was the last Commander of the First Polish Army Corps. He was a veteran of World War I, the Polish-Ukrainian and Polish-Bolshevik Wars. Maczek was a most notable Polish armoured forces World War II commander.
 * Tablica Gdynian Wysiedlonych** [The plaque of displaced Gdynia citizens]

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