WW II – Stutthof Nazi Camp & Westerplatte

Itinerary:    We visit one of the Nazi camps, which along with Auschwitz-Birkenau, Gross-Rossen or Kulmhof became the symbol of the Nazi crime, terror and extermination. The camp in Stutthof stared operating on 2^nd September 1939. It was built by the Nazis for “undesirable Polish elements” – the Poles active in social and economical life, intellectuals or members of opposition.  On 7th January 1942 it officially changed its name into concentration camp and soon after Stutthof became an international camp,  where up 110 000 people were kept. They were citizens of 28 countries and over 30 nationalities (eg. Poles, Jews, Russians, Latvians, Estonians, Finns, Norwegians, French, Dutch, English), including approx. 55 000 Jews. The camp was liberated on 9th May 1945. During the tour we see the prisoners’ barracks, gas chamber and the memorials. Our guide will make this tour an important and stirring experience.

Highlights: Stutthof Museum, Westerplatte Transit Depot

Duration: 4, 5 h

We suggest extending the tour by visiting Westerplatte Peninsula in Gdansk. It is here were the Second World War stared. On the 1^st  September 1939  the Nazi armoured ship Schleswig Holstein attacked the Polish Military Transit Depot. Today we see the Guard Post with the exhibition on September 1939. Duration: additional 1h

Photos by  Katarzyna Pawlaczyk, Stutthof Museum Archives