The first shots of WW II were fired near Gdansk, Poland at Westerplatte. There is a memorial there, a small cemetery and a few old buildings. There is also a very large WW II museum in Gdansk. It's about a 5 hour drive from Auschwitz; it may not fit with your travel plans.

Warsaw is on the way, more or less, and there is a memorial to the Jewish uprising/resistance there.

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This a statue in honor of the children that were used to smuggle guns during the uprising. IIRC, they were used because the Germans ignored them and they could more easily fit into the sewers, compared to adults, to move about. This is not at the memorial, it's in the old town area.

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The Polish Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is also in Warsaw. I think they change guards every hour; the relief guards march across the plaza.

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Posted by Nole Man

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Posted on 3/23/22 at 4:40 pm to nctiger71

RE: Warsaw

Really neat City. Was there in early December of last year.

I did get to visit the Warsaw Uprising Museum. Had not idea the magnitude of the struggle or what those people suffered. Great museum.

Unfortunately, the inside part of the Polish Army Museum was closed due to Covid when I was there. But, they have a great outdoor museum with lots of planes, tanks etc.

Created in 1920, it occupies a wing of the building of the Polish National Museum as well as several branches in Poland. It's Warsaw's second largest museum and the largest collection of military objects in Poland. The collection illustrates a thousand years of Polish military history, from the 10th century to the Second World War.

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