World War II in Poland

By Ewa S (Poland)Junior High School No. 4

What was it?

World War II- the biggest armed conflict In the whole history of the World. It lasted from 1 September 1939 to 2

September 1945 (in Europe to 8 May 1945). This war stared in Poland, with

Westerplatte attack. The War included almost the whole Europe, Eastern and

Southern Asia, Northern Africa, the East and all oceans. This war included almost all countries in Europe, main countries in North America and South America,

Australia and Asia.

That was the saddest and the most tragic event in my country. When in 1939 the Germans attacked, we were trying to repel them. Our soldiers in Weterplatte fought for seven days. There is a monument in memory of the defenders. The Monument of Westerplatte Defenders.

My grandfatherMy grandfather lived in Wilno but when he was seven he couldn’t go to school- it was

1 September, World War II started. His father was called up and my great

grandmother was hiding with my grandpa and his two brothers. They were terrified. My great grandfather had to escape to England, because Germans wanted to kill him. When he was gone my grandfather who was 8 or 9 took care of his mother and family. They all survived but I didn’t have any chance to meet my great grandparents and one of my

grandpa’s brother.

My grandmotherWhen my grandma was talking to me about my grandpa, she told me that she remembered something. She said that when she was a young child she remembered how she with her family were hiding in fields because of German planes which wanted to kill as many people as they could. She

told me that she was very frightened about that, and she didn’t really understand why these people were so

bad.

MoviesThere are some Polish films about World War II. The movies I am talking about weren’t documentary. For

example “How I started World War II” is a commedy, or

“Four of an armoured regiment and a dog” (they had a tank number 102) is an adventure soap just like “Captain

Kloss”. My favourite is “Four of an armoured regiment and a dog”, firt I saw it when I was 6, and I love it till

now.

“Four of an armoured regiment and a dog”(up)

Captain Kloss (down)

MonumentsThere are a lot of many different monuments which commemorate people who died during

World War II.The most popular in my country is Monument of Unknown Soldier, which is in our capital- Warsaw. In my discrit there are monuments

too. The one I know really well is a monument of children who died in defence of Gdynia or its different name is Scouts Monument, this

children were about 12-16 years old.

Monument of Unknown Soldier

In my country about 6.000.000 people were killed . We suffered very hard damages.

. Sources:www.historycy.org; wikipedia.plThe end