New Polish museum sheds light on Nazi massacres
PR dla Zagranicy
Roberto Galea
22.12.2015 14:34
A new museum has opened its doors in Wejherowo, northern Poland, to commemorate the first genocide committed by the Nazis during World War II.
Museum Director Teresa Patsidis (L), Deputy Culture Minister Jarosław Sellin (C) during the official opening of the museum. Photo: mkidn.gov.pl
During a press conference to announce the opening of the Piaśnica Museum, Deputy Culture Minister Jarosław Sellin said that such a centre is “an extremely important institution because few Poles – not to mention foreigners – know that the first genocide during World War II was committed in Pomerania [now in northern Poland]”.
“The victims were mainly Polish, Pomeranian and Kashubian intelligentsia and the elite of the Polish state,” Sellin said.
The new museum will conduct research, organise exhibitions and serve as an educational centre.
It is estimated that some 12,000-14,000 people lost their lives in massacres carried out by the Nazis between the autumn of 1939 and the spring of 1940. (rg/pk)