Hero worship at all costs?
The new landmark of Gdansk is a leaning tower made of glass, steel, and red concrete located on the Motława River. The panorama windows of the restaurant at the Museum of the Second World War offer the only view of the old Hanseatic city with its town houses and its Brama Żuraw (crane gate). The leg...
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Témoigner. Entre histoire et mémoire
2022
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| Zusammenfassung: | The new landmark of Gdansk is a leaning tower made of glass, steel, and red concrete located on the Motława River. The panorama windows of the restaurant at the Museum of the Second World War offer the only view of the old Hanseatic city with its town houses and its Brama Żuraw (crane gate). The legendary Lenin Shipyard (now Gdansk Shipyard), where the Solidarność was once launched, is just a short walk away. Lech Wałęsa’s fame as an anti-communist workers’ hero has faded though. The present leaders of Poland consider Wałęsa as a communist agent and traitor of the nation because of his alliance with the much-hated liberals. The new hero is Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of the PiS-Party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, Law and Justice). A Gdansk graffiti artist immortalized him on a firewall across from the museum, as an angular head with a Roman toga. The great chairman currently exercises his power over many people, even in the new leaning tower by the Motława. |
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