Thirteenth Season at Westerplatte Recovers More Than 28,000 Munitions Items, as Possible 1939 Defender's Remains Surface on November 5
Archaeologists excavating Westerplatte in Gdansk, Poland, recovered thousands of Second World War artefacts and more than 28,000 items of ammunition and hazardous material during the 13th season of research at the site, carried out by the Museum of the Second World War between April 9 and August 10, 2026.
Separately, construction work for the Westerplatte Museum uncovered human remains on November 5, 2026, alongside Polish military buttons and a bayonet. The associated equipment has raised the possibility that the remains belong to Legionnaire Mieczyslaw Krzak, a defender of the Military Transit Depot who died in September 1939, but the museum stresses that the identification has not been confirmed and would require further tests.
The Westerplatte Museum project covers more than 116,000 square metres and is proceeding alongside the continuing archaeological investigation of the peninsula, where Polish defenders held out for seven days after the German attack of September 1, 1939.
Source: Museum of the Second World War
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Photo: 图：格但斯克 Westerplatte 半岛的遗址景观，发掘即在此进行。作者：Tomasz Przechlewski，CC BY 2.0，维基共享资源。 / Photo: The Westerplatte site in Gdansk, where the excavations took place. Credit: Tomasz Przechlewski, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
