I was there a few months ago and the Gdansk today is marvelous. It was impressive to see the "before" pictures and to realize the horrendous damage that was done to the city. The Poles are amazing.

"During the Second World War the city was destroyed, and then razed to the ground by the Soviet Red Army." To be accurate, according to researchers and witnesses, Gdansk (or at least its historical part) presented on the pictures was almost untouched from 1939 to March 1945. What you see on "before" pictures happened in about a week.

Kudos to all those hard-working people who rebuilt the amazing city. Kudos to the spirit of Polish determination and endeavour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KKbxyeKSew

dry my tears..

Piękna robota, nieźle, serio :)

Yes, the Polish people have rebuilt the old City of Danzig. Iam a Danziger born in the city of Dnzig. What the Polish people will not tell you and don't want the world to know/ or want the world to forget is: 1.that the land the are using and the buildings they restored are owned by the indigenous people of Danzig 2. that they killed 50 % of Danzigs indigenous population in 1945/46 and expelled the remainder- against their will 3.that they refuse to reimburse the legal property owners or let them occupy their family homes. My grandparents, uncles,aunts and cousins were murdered by the Polish militia--inspite of them not being Nazis or Germans.If my remaining relatives had not been expelled we would have rebuilt our properties. I object to the theft of our families properties and demand for them to be handed back to us or to be compensated adequately . They have the audacity to let our villa to the Germans//as their embassy--guess who keeps the substantial rents?