Timeline of Gdańsk

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Gdańsk, Poland.

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## Middle Ages

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Timeline of Gdańsk
Historical affiliations

> Duchy of Poland 997–1025
>  Kingdom of Poland 1025–1227
>  Duchy of Pomerelia 1227–1282
>  Kingdom of Poland 1282–1308
>  Teutonic Order 1308–1410
>  Kingdom of Poland 1410–1411
>  Teutonic Order 1411–1454
>  Kingdom of Poland 1454–1569
>  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1793
>  Kingdom of Prussia 1793–1807
>  Free City of Danzig 1807–1814
>  Kingdom of Prussia 1814–1871
>  German Empire 1871–1918
>  Weimar Germany 1918–1920
>  Free City of Danzig 1920–1939
>  Nazi Germany 1939–1945
>  People's Republic of Poland 1945–1989
>  Republic of Poland 1989–present

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* c. VII century - Settlement is established on the Motława river.
* c. X century - Gdańsk becomes a defensive fort for Kashubian dukes.
* 997 - Saint Adalbert baptises the citizens of urbs Gyddannyzc.
* 1013 - Poland loses influence over the region.
* 1047 - Casimir I takes back control over Gdańsk.
* 1186 - Cistercians establish a monastery in Oliwa.
* 1216 - Świętopełk II takes control of Pomerania.
* 1224 - Gdańsk granted city rights.[citation needed]
* 1226 - Monastery in Oliwa is raided by pagan Old Prussians.[1]
* 1227 - Dominican Monastery founded in Gdańsk.
* 1253 - Oliwa is raided by the Teutonic Order.
* 1260 - St. Dominic's Fair begins.
* 1263 - The village of Wrzeszcz, today's borough of Gdańsk, mentioned for the first time.[2]
* 1271 - First mention of Polanki and Przymorze.
* 1294, 1295 - Visits of Polish King Przemysł II.[3]
* 1308 - November 13: Teutonic takeover of Gdańsk.[4]
* 1325 - Brzeźno is mentioned for the first time.
* 1326 - St. Catherine's Church built.[5]
* 1327 - Construction of the Gdańsk Town Hall begins.
* 1343 - Casimir III the Great agrees to give Gdańsk Pomerania to the Teutonic order as a fief.
* 1346 - Gaol Tower built.[6]
* 1350 - Artus Court built (approximate date).
* 1360 - City joins Hanseatic League (approximate date).[5]
* 1380 - First Scots settled in the city, founding what would eventually become a significant Scottish diaspora in Poland.[7]
* 1391 - Foundation of the Marienbrunn Abbey.
* 1410 - The city recognized Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło as rightful ruler.[8]
* 1411 - The city came under Teutonic rule again.
* 1416 - A revolt against the local government happens due to its weak management.
* 1427 - First mention of Armenians in the city.[9]
* 1440 - City joins the anti-Teutonic Prussian Confederation.
* 1454

* 11 February: Townspeople captured the local castle.[10]
* 6 March: City reincorporated to the Kingdom of Poland by King Casimir IV Jagiellon upon the request of the Prussian Confederation.[11]
* March: City authorized by the Polish king to mint Polish coins.[12]
* June: City solemnly pledged allegiance to the King in Elbląg, recognizing the Teutonic annexation and rule as unlawful.[13]

Royal privilege of Casimir IV Jagiellon concerning taxes (1455)

* 1455 - Danzig law in effect (approximate date).
* 1458 - Truce between Poland and Denmark signed, after Denmark initially sided with the Teutonic Knights in the Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466).[14]
* 1463 - The fleets of Elbląg and Gdańsk defeat the Teutonics on the Vistula Lagoon.
* 1465 - St. John's Church built.[5]
* 1481 - Artus Court rebuilt.[6]
* 1494 - Hall of the Brotherhood of St. George built.[6]

## 16th to 18th centuries

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* 1502 - St. Mary's Church completed.[4]
* 1504 - Nicolaus Copernicus visited the city several times.[15]
* 1514 - Trinity Church built.[5]
* 1520 - During the Polish-Teutonic War, the Landsknecht coordinated an attack on Gdańsk.
* 1525 - The Gdańsk Tumult - Lutherans organise a revolt against mayor Eberhard Ferber.
* 1526
* January - The council is overthrown by the revolt.
* April - King Sigismund I enters the city with eight thousand men, executing the rebels and asserting his power over the region.
* July: Nicolaus Copernicus visited the city.[15]
* 1537 - Franz Rhode sets up printing press.

Narratio Prima, an abstract of Nicolaus Copernicus' heliocentric theory published in 1540

* 1540 - Narratio Prima, an abstract of Nicolaus Copernicus' heliocentric theory published.[15]
* 1557 - Sigismund II grants Protestants equal rights.
* 1558 - Academic Gymnasium established.
* 1561 - Main Town Hall tower built,[5] with a gilded statue of Polish King Sigismund II Augustus placed at its top.[16]
* 1568 - Green Gate built.
* 1569
* City becomes part of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
* Mennonite Church founded.
* 1575 - Danzig rebellion begins.
* 1577
* April 17: Battle of Lubieszów.
* Siege of Danzig by Stephen Báthory of Poland.
* 1587 - Sigismund III Vasa swore the pacta conventa in Oliwa prior to his coronation as King of Poland.[17]
* 1588 - Highland Gate erected.[5]
* 1594 - Oliwa Cathedral consecrated.
* 1596 - Bibliotheca Senatus Gedanensis established.[18]
* 1605 - Arsenal built at the Coal Market Square.[5]
* 1606 - Der Lachs distillery in business.
* 1614 - Golden Gate built.
* 1621 - Jesuit College established in the present-day neighbourhood of Stare Szkoty.

Battle of Oliwa (1627)

* 1627 - Battle of Oliwa during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629), won by Poland.
* 1633 - Neptune's Fountain installed at the Long Market.[6]
* 1640 - Jan Heweliusz established his astronomical observatory in the Old Town.
* 1644 - Adam Wybe constructed the world's first aerial lift.
* 1655 - Deluge (Swedish invasion of Poland): Siege of Danzig (1655–1660) begins.
* 1660 - Treaty of Oliva signed.[17]
* 1677 - An alliance treaty between Poland and Sweden signed.[19]
* 1681 - Royal Chapel of the Polish King John III Sobieski built.
* 1686 - French Huguenot commune founded.[20]
* 1703–1711 - Large scale arms smuggling for Hungarian insurgents during the Rákóczi's War of Independence against Austria.
* 1709 - Bubonic plague.
* 1711–1712 - Stay of Hungarian national hero Francis II Rákóczi in the city following the Rákóczi's War of Independence.
* 1734 - Siege of Danzig by Russians during the War of the Polish Succession.
* 1742
* Experimental Physics Society organized.
* Corn exchange opens in Artus Court.[6]
* 1755 - Marble statue of King of Augustus III of Poland unveiled in the Artus Court.[21]
* 1756 - Abbot's Palace expanded.
* 1772 - After the First Partition of Poland the city became separated from the rest of Poland,[4] it remained a Polish exclave.
* 1793
* Second Partition of Poland \- city annexed by Prussia.[4]
* Municipal Library established.[18]
* 1797 - Attempt of student uprising against Prussia, crushed quickly by the Prussian authorities.[22]

## 19th century

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Siege by French-Polish-Italian-Saxon forces in 1807

* 1807
* March 19-May 24: Siege of Danzig by French[4]-Polish-Italian-Saxon-Baden forces.
* September 9: Free City of Danzig established by Napoleon.
* 1813 - January–December 29: Siege of Danzig by Russian and Prussian forces.
* 1814 - City becomes part of Prussia again.[4]
* 1815 - City becomes administrative capital of Danzig (region).
* 1831
* October 18–19: 2nd and 4th Polish Cavalry Brigades of the November Uprising stopped near the city on their way to their final internment places.[23]
* November 10: Several further cavalry units of the 1st and 2nd Polish Cavalry Brigades stopped near the city on their way to their final internment places.[24]
* 1832
* May: 52 Polish insurgents depart partitioned Poland on ship to Bordeaux, France (see Great Emigration).[25]
* 23 June: Over 450 Polish insurgents depart partitioned Poland on ship to Bordeaux, France.[26][27]
* Summer: Polish insurgents imprisoned by the Prussians at Biskupia Górka.[28]
* Trade academy established.[29]
* 1833, November - Over 500 Polish insurgents depart partitioned Poland on ships to France, the United Kingdom and the United States.[30]
* 1852 - Königliche Werft Danzig in business.
* 1871
* City becomes part of German Empire.
* Franciscan monastery building restored.[4]
* 1880 - Westpreussische Provinzial-Museum opens.[31]
* 1885 - Population: 114,805.[4]
* 1887 - Great Synagogue built.[32]
* 1896 - Old fortifications dismantled in north and west of city.[4]
* 1899 - Harbor built at Neufahrwasser (Nowy Port).[4]
* 1900 - Main railway station opens.

Photochrome print from around 1900

## 20th century

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### 1900–1939

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* 1901
* Königliche Staatsarchiv für Westpreussen (National Archives) opens.[33]
* House of the Sheriffs restored.[6]
* 1903 - Fußball Club Danzig formed.
* 1904 - Königliche Technische Hochschule founded.
* 1905 - Population: 159,088.[4]
* 1918 - City becomes part of Weimar Germany.
* 1919 - Free City of Danzig created by Treaty of Versailles.

Aerial photo from circa 1920, showing St. Mary's Church

* 1920
* Polish Post Office and Sportverein Schutzpolizei Danzig established.
* Volkstag (parliament) becomes active.
* 1921 - Danziger Werft in business.
* 1922 - Gedania Danzig football club formed.
* 1927 - MOSiR Stadium built.
* 1933 - Statue of King Augustus III of Poland removed from the Artus Court.[21]
* 1937
* Mass anti-Polish discrimination by Germans: employing Poles by German companies prohibited, already employed Poles fired.[34]
* October: Pogrom against Jews by the Germans.
* 1938, May 3: Over 100 German attacks on Polish homes on the day of the Polish 3 May Constitution Day.[34]
* 1939
* March: Ban and mass requisition of Polish press.[34]
* SS Heimwehr Danzig and SS Wachsturmbann "Eimann" units of the SS established by the Germans.

### World War II (1939–1945)

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German battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein firing at the Polish Military Transit Depot during the battle of Westerplatte in September 1939

* 1939
* September 1: Battle of the Danzig Bay; Defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzig.
* September 1–7: Battle of Westerplatte.
* September: The Germans established a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp in the present-day neighborhood of Maćkowy [pl].[35]
* October 5: The Germans executed 39 Polish defenders of the Polish Post Office in the present-day district of Zaspa.[36]
* October 8: City occupied by Nazi Germany; city becomes capital of Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia.
* October: The Germans established a Nazi camp for Romani people.[37]
* 1940
* The Germans established a forced labour subcamp of the Stalag XX-A prisoner-of-war camp in Biskupia Górka, initially for Polish POWs, and later mostly for French POWs.[38]
* Subcamp of the Stalag XX-A POW camp redesignated as a subcamp of the Stalag XX-B POW camp.[38]
* The Germans established two subcamps of the Stutthof concentration camp in Westerplatte and Suchanino.[39]
* The Germans established a subcamp of the Stalag XX-B POW camp for Allied POWs in VII Dwór.[40]
* 1941
* Lufttwaffensportverein Danzig formed.
* The subcamps of the Stutthof concentration camp in Maćkowy and Westerplatte were dissolved.[41]
* 1943–1944 - The local Polish resistance movement facilitated escapes of endangered Polish resistance members and British prisoners of war who fled from German POW camps via the city's port to neutral Sweden.[42]
* 1944
* August 26: The Germans established a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp at the main shipyard.[43]
* August 27: AGSSt 32 and 33 assembly centers for Allied POWs established in the city by the Germans (later relocated).[44]
* September 13: The Germans established a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp at the Schichau shipyard.[45]
* October 16: The Germans established a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp on the Ostrów Island.[46]
* October 18: Dulag 154 transit POW camp evacuated from Tapa in German-occupied Estonia to Gdańsk by the Germans.[47]

Plaque commemorating the raising of the Polish flag by soldiers of the Polish 1st Warsaw Armoured Brigade at the Artus Court and the return of Gdańsk to Poland in 1945

* 1945
* February: Most prisoners of the Schichau subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp were evacuated towards Lębork, while some were sent back to Stutthof main camp; subcamp dissolved.[45]
* March: The subcamps of the Stutthof concentration camp at the main shipyard and Ostrów Island were dissolved.[48]
* March 27–30: City taken by Polish and Soviet forces.
* March 28: Polish flag raised atop Artus Court by soldiers of the Polish 1st Armoured Brigade.[49][50]
* Gdańsk becomes part of Republic of Poland.

### 1945–1990s

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* 1945
* City becomes capital of Gdańsk Voivodeship.
* Franciszek Kotus-Jankowski becomes mayor.
* Gdańsk Shipyard, Akademia Lekarska, Baltia Gdańsk (Lechia Gdańsk) and Stoczniowiec Gdańsk football clubs, Gdańsk Symphony Orchestra, and Academy of Fine Arts established.
* 1945-1946 Expulsion of the city's German-speaking majority in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement.
* 1946
* August 28: Execution of Danuta Siedzikówna and Feliks Selmanowicz, members of the Polish resistance movement in World War II and the anti-communist resistance movement, Polish national heroes, by the communists.[51][52]
* October 1: Gdańsk College of Education established.
* 1949 - Four transports of Greeks and Macedonians, refugees of the Greek Civil War, arrived at the port of Gdańsk, from where they were transported to new homes in Poland.[53]
* 1951 - Wybrzeże Gdańsk handball team established.

Długi Targ and Main Town Hall in the 1950s

* 1952
* Gdańsk Zaspa, Gdańsk Przymorze-Uniwersytet and Gdańsk Politechnika railway stations opened.
* City becomes part of Polish People's Republic.
* 1953
* Baltic State Opera and Philharmonic formed.
* Stoczniowiec Gdańsk ice hockey team established.
* 1956
* 1 May: Lechia Gdańsk rugby union team established.
* Manifestation of support for the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Mass raising of funds, medical supplies and blood donation for Hungarian insurgents.[54]
* 1957 - Wybrzeże Gdańsk motorcycle speedway team established.
* 1960 - Lechia Gdańsk wins its first Polish rugby championship.
* 1962 - National Maritime Museum established.
* 1963 - Gdańsk hosts the 1963 World Fencing Championships.
* 1965 - Abbot's Palace rebuilt.
* 1966
* Wybrzeże Gdańsk wins its first Polish handball championship.
* Westerplatte Monument unveiled.
* 1970
* University of Gdańsk established.
* Gdańsk Power Station commissioned.
* Hala Olivia arena opens.

Gdańsk in 1972

* 1972 - National Museum, Gdańsk established.
* 1974
* Airport opens.
* Population: 402,200.[55]
* 1975 - Gdańsk Żabianka railway station opened.
* 1977 - Monument of Polish poet Maria Konopnicka unveiled.[56]
* 1979
* Museum of the Polish Post (Muzeum Poczty Polskiej) established at the site of the 1939 defence of the Polish Post Office.
* Defenders of the Polish Post Office Monument unveiled.
* 1980
* Summer: Shipbuilders strike.
* August 31: Solidarity (Polish trade union) founded; Gdańsk Agreement signed.
* Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970 unveiled.
* 1982 - August 31: Anti-government demonstration.
* 1983 - Father Eugeniusz Dutkiewicz SAC Hospice founded.
* 1985 - SS Soldek museum opens.
* 1989 - City becomes part of Republic of Poland.

Old Town with the Gdańsk Shipyard in the background in the 1990s

* 1991 - Franciszek Jamroż becomes mayor.
* 1993 - Gdańsk Shakespeare Days begin.
* 1994
* May: Gdańsk hosts the 1994 European Judo Championships.
* July: Tomasz Posadzki becomes mayor.
* 1996 - International Festival of Street & Open-Air Theatres begins (approximate date).[57]
* 1997 - Gdańsk hosts the 1997 European Fencing Championships.
* 1998
* Paweł Adamowicz becomes mayor.
* Łaźnia Centre for Contemporary Art founded.
* 1999
* Gdańsk becomes capital of Pomeranian Voivodeship.
* Solidarity Centre Foundation established.

## 21st century

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* 2001
* A flood occurs, killing 4 people.
* Wybrzeże Gdańsk wins its tenth Polish handball championship.
* Third Millennium John Paul II Bridge opens.
* 2002
* The Monument Cemetery of the Lost Cemeteries installed.
* Lechia Gdańsk wins its tenth Polish rugby championship.
* 2004 - May 1: Poland becomes part of European Union.
* 2005 - Trefl Gdańsk volleyball team established.
* 2007
* Deepwater Container Terminal Gdańsk launched.
* Tricity Charter signed.

Ergo Arena

* 2009
* September: Gdańsk co-hosts the EuroBasket 2009.
* 7 October: Khachkar unveiled (see also: Armenians in Poland).[58]
* 2010
* Ergo Arena opens.
* Population: 455,830.
* 2011
* July: City hosts the final round of the 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League.
* August: Baltic Arena opens.
* October: Gdańsk hosts the 2011 European Table Tennis Championships.
* 2012 - Gdańsk co-hosts the UEFA Euro 2012.
* 2013 - Gdańsk co-hosts the 2013 Men's European Volleyball Championship.
* 2014
* August: European Solidarity Centre opens.[59]
* September: Gdańsk co-hosts the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.
* September: Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre opens.[60]
* 2015
* April 1: Gdańsk Śródmieście railway station opened.
* August 30: Monument of Danuta Siedzikówna unveiled in the Orunia district.[52]
* December: Honorary Consulate of Bulgaria opened.[61]

Ulica Długa in 2015

* 2016
* January: Gdańsk co-hosts the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.
* August 28: State burial of Polish national heroes Danuta Siedzikówna and Feliks Selmanowicz in the 70th anniversary of their execution.[62]
* 2017
* March: Museum of the Second World War opened.
* Gdańsk co-hosts the 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship.
* 2018 - Cursed soldiers monument unveiled.[63]
* 2019
* 10 May: Monument to the victims of the Ponary massacre unveiled.[64]
* 17 September: Witold Pilecki monument unveiled.[65]

Consulate General of Hungary

* 2020
* June: Medieval Pietas Domini altar, stolen by Germany during World War II, restored from Berlin to the St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk.[66]
* 22 October: Consulate-General of Hungary opened.[67]
* 2021 - Gdańsk co-hosts the 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship.
* 2023
* January: Gdańsk co-hosts the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.
* July: Gdańsk hosts the final round of the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League.

## See also

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* History of Gdańsk
* List of mayors of Danzig, 1308 to 1945
* List of mayors of Gdańsk, pre-1308 and post-1945
* List of Gdańsk aristocratic families
* Category:Timelines of cities in Poland (in Polish)

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## Bibliography

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See also: History of Gdańsk § Further reading

### In English

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* Thomas Bartlett (1841). "Dantzic". New Tablet of Memory; or, Chronicle of Remarkable Events. London: Thomas Kelly.
* "Danzig", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 4, New York, 1907, hdl:2027/osu.32435029752912`{{citation}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
* "Danzig", Northern Germany (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 78390379
* "Danzig" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 824–825.
* Szymon Askenazy (1921), Dantzig & Poland, London: G. Allen & Unwin, Ltd., OCLC 2181707, OL 6638482M
* "Historic Danzig: Last of the City-States", National Geographic Magazine, vol. 76, Washington DC, 1939
* "Poland: Gdansk", Eastern and Central Europe (17th ed.), Fodor's, 1996, OL 7697674M
* George Lerski (1996). "Gdansk". Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-03456-5.
* Piotr Wróbel (1998). "Gdansk". Historical Dictionary of Poland 1945-1996. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-135-92694-6.

### In other languages

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* Johannes Bolte (1895), Das Danziger Theater im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert [Danzig Theatre in the 16th and 17th Centuries] (in German), Hamburg: L. Voss, OL 23292860M
* Max Foltz (1912), Geschichte des Danziger Stadthaushalts [History of the Danzig City Budget] (in German), Danzig: A.W. Kafemann, OCLC 12495569, OL 6557575M
* P. Krauss und E. Uetrecht, ed. (1913). "Danzig". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas [Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.
* Górski, Karol (1949). Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych (in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni.
* Jakrzewska-Śnieżko, Zofia (1972). Dwór Artusa w Gdańsku (in Polish). Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe.
* Wolfgang Adam; Siegrid Westphal, eds. (2012). "Danzig". Handbuch kultureller Zentren der Frühen Neuzeit: Städte und Residenzen im alten deutschen Sprachraum (in German). De Gruyter. pp. 275+. ISBN 978-3-11-029555-9.

## External links

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* Links to fulltext city directories for Gdansk via Wikisource
* Europeana. Items related to Gdansk, various dates.
* Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Gdansk, various dates
* "Danzig Collection". New York: Jewish Museum. Archived from the original on 2013-04-15.

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Politics|

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* Heinrich Sahm
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* Hermann Rauschning
* Arthur Greiser
* Albert Forster

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* Andrzej Kaznowski
* Jerzy Młynarczyk
* Kazimierz Rynkowski
* Jerzy Pasiński
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* Franciszek Jamroż
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* John III Sobieski Monument
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* Great Mill
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* Abbot's Palace
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* Baltic Days of Jewish Culture
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* Museum of the Second World War
* National Maritime Museum
* National Museum
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* The Jew
* The Tin Drum
* film
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* Live from Gdańsk
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* Strike
* Zero Dark Thirty
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