Pomorskie

31st July 2009

That’s nonsense, the grinder was under guarantee and the cable was intact

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Thousands of items of unexploded ordinance have been found on Westerplatte, on the site where Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel and Donald Tusk are to view an exhibition about World War II this autumn. A hasty operation to remove the offending items has been instigated as the world leaders are due to be there on September 1st for events commemorating the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of war, which began, infamously, with the shelling of Westerplatte.

Marcin Tyminski, spokesperson for the Region’s Historic Buildings Officer, said that experts were removing the shells and bullets, remnants of a nearby barracks that used the site as an artillery and shooting range. “Every single one, down to ...

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