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 * How Do You Remember World War II**

Name/email : Przemek Wdowiak / przemek_scholastic@epals.com School : Gimnazjum nr 4 Gdynia Age : 15 Country: Poland

1. How does your community select remember World War Two? Examples: holidays, memorials, songs, movies, books…

My Country Poland: World War II has provided material for many movies, television programs and books. Also some movies and TV series attempted to show and educate the future generation. Movies like “Katyń”, “The Generation”,” The Sewer”,” The Passenger”, The “Pianist” and many other movies about war are often shown by TV. Many books about War World II are published in our country, also many memories from this time. Every Year on 1 August hooters hoots at 5pm on the anniversary day of the Warsaw Insurrection beginning. Every hour there is a change of honor guard by the Unknown Soldier Grave. On 1st September every year on anniversary of WWII beginning, the flowers are put by the Monuments in Westerplatte, the place when the War began.

Town Gdynia:

Everyone can see Warship- Museum – “Blyskawica” from the Second World War. Many streets are called names after war heroes, for example: Colonel Dabek, Generał Gustaw Orlicz – Dreszer, Priest Maksymilian Kolbe.

Our School: Our school is called after priest and soldier Władysław Miegoń, our hero, who died in Germany in a concentration camp. There are special classes about the war with history teachers. Trips with learning about special places connected with war.

2. Do you know of anyone who was involved in some aspects of the world war two, if so what is their connection?

My great grandmother was taken away to Germany during the war. She was fifteen when she was forced to slave work in a fish factory. Now she is very sick and rarely talks about those times.

3. Is there anything else you would like to add? I am interested in the Second World War. I’ve just bought two books about war: “Battle” and “Hitler’s atom bomb”.