Museum of the Polish Post Office - Museum of Gdansk

Welcome to the Museum of the Polish Post Office in Gdansk. I am honored to be your guide through one of the most profoundly moving and historically significant sites in all of Poland. …

We begin our journey standing in the square directly in front of the post office building. Today, this open space is tranquil, shaded by trees, and respectfully maintained. …

As you move closer to the building, focus your attention on the historic brick facade and the main entranceway. This solid, neo Romanesque architecture was designed to project institutional authority and permanence. …

One of the most remarkable and emotionally striking aspects of this museum is something you will encounter right here on the ground floor. It is not an artifact behind glass, nor a faded photograph. …

We now move into the primary ground floor exhibition hall. This space is dedicated to detailing the intense preparations for the defense and chronicling the first desperate hours of the assault. …

Our route now brings us to the spaces representing the upper floors and corridors of the post office. It was here, in these elevated positions, that the Polish defenders initially held the tactical advantage. …

We now descend into the darkest chapter of this story. We are entering the basement cellars. …

We emerge from the stifling history of the basements into the rear courtyard of the post office building. This enclosed space, open to the sky, is where the desperate, tragic surrender of the Polish defenders took place on the…

Just a short distance from the post office building stands the imposing Monument to the Defenders of the Polish Post Office. Unveiled in nineteen seventy nine, this striking stainless steel sculpture serves as the emotional and…

As we conclude our audio tour of the Museum of the Polish Post Office, I invite you to take one last, comprehensive look at the brick facade, the functioning postal room, and the stainless steel monument. We have traced a deeply…