Gdańsk mayor’s funeral revealed a nation in shock,bereft of a man who stood for opennessEven as Paweł Adamowicz was lying in state at Gdańsk’s European Solidarity Centre, a museum, and archive,and public space committed to the history and values of the independent trade union born in the city’s shipyards, its grief-stricken staff were preparing his entry into history.
The opening of the museum in 2014 was the realisation of a dream for Adamowicz, and a Gdańsk native who had long sought to present his city to the world as a symbol of Europe’s hard-won freedom. In between shifts maintaining an overnight vigil by his coffin,researchers gathered materials with which to commemorate him.
Paweł would want me to say, we must end dislike. We must end dislike speechContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com