War Relics City, the prime minister knelt down to become famous, remembered in 30 seconds, the traces of history
For example, a small city with a population of only 1.75 million and an area of 517 square kilometers can be ranked among the 19 largest metropolises in the world, which is the European Union, and it will also be headquartered in an obscure city. However, at the beginning of its birth, it was a tragic ......
The first time he came to Warsaw, Poland, was to pay homage to the "amazing visit of the German Chancellor" in Warsaw, but when he arrived, he saw an endless field of plants, 517 square kilometers of land, an average of 77 square meters per person, you can imagine how lush the greenery there is. A friend from Warsaw, who greeted him at the airport, joked: "There is only one city in the world that can reach 20 trees, and we will never understand what air pollution is." ”
Once the most important commercial centre in Central Europe, Warsaw was founded in the 13th century after a legendary man who could compete with kings, and this has always been the principle of Warsaw: not necessarily right, but with a deep meaning. In 1596, the Polish Emperor moved the capital here, and within a few decades it became the largest city in Europe, a center of commerce, commerce, economy and culture. But for centuries after that, Warsaw was in a state of alternation, and by 1930, after the end of the Second World War, only 300,000 elderly people and children remained, and 87 percent of the city's houses were destroyed, and precious cultural relics and precious cultural relics were destroyed.
The Americans had predicted that for a hundred years, Warsaw would not appear and would not appear again. However, it took the people of Warsaw less than 20 years to restore more than 1,000 ancient buildings intact and build a larger, more beautiful Warsaw on top of a ruined wall, while Poland was the first to propose "at least 20% green space" and required all industries to be kept 100 meters away from residential areas, reducing the green space rate to 30% even for Poland's largest real estate developer. Now, 70 years later, our descendants will no longer be just a green city, but a world-class museum of architecture.
German Prime Minister Willy Brandt arrived in Poland in December 197, and after signing the Warsaw Pact, he took the initiative to ask to lay flowers at the Warsaw Jewish Memorial. This cross-century scene shocked everyone, not only the Poles, but even the most disgusted Jews couldn't help but shed tears, the hatred between the two races was finally alleviated, the next year, Brandt won the Nobel Peace Prize, three years later, Germany succeeded in becoming a member of the United Nations, and Brandt became one of the greatest people in the world.
Decades later, the Warsaw Memorial, famous for the Prime Minister's kneeling, is still a must-see for all tourists and politicians, and all those who come here to pay their respects will be saddened by the battle and feel sorry for the old man who knelt for 30 seconds.
Poland** invested a lot of money to build a museum of Jewish history next to the memorial, which lasted ten years, collected more than 1 million materials, and officially opened in 2014, with a ticket price of 25 zloti (46 yuan), so that visitors can see more clearly the suffering of Jews since the 15th century: ** Warsaw hundreds of regional refugee camps, thousands of cemeteries ......
This town, which is no bigger than a small town in China, has dozens of battle sites and is included in the World Heritage List, hence the name "war cemetery". In 1942, Poland was divided into ghettos, and 5,000 to 7,000 Jews were imprisoned in red "tofu blocks" every day, and after four months, only 250,000 of them were transported to suburban refugee camps, where the rest were all buried.
During the reconstruction of Warsaw, the last thing people wanted to move was the red brick wall that was not conducive to admiration and was heavy, and until now, the people of Warsaw have to bow and pray before they can leave.
Warsaw has the largest number of battle sites in the world: Paviak, where 100,000 people were imprisoned and 37,000 sentenced to death, still retains intact torture instruments and bones everywhere, which was transformed into a prison museum in 1965The palace of the King of Warsaw was also used as a Soviet-era prison, and at its peak, it held nearly 40,000 prisoners, nearly half of whom were sent to Siberia, and fewer than 300 returned. Originally built in the 13th century as a place for German troops to store munitions, Warsaw Castle became Cell No. 10, and when Polish troops reoccupied the castle in 1945, it was in ruins and there was not a single person alive.
In order to make more visitors aware of the cruelty and suffering of Poland, the authorities in Warsaw have developed a policy that allows you to visit any museum with the purchase of a single ticket, which is 5 zlotys (9 yuan) off and is free on weekends.
If Warsaw is the world's largest number of battlefield ruins, then it deserves to have thousands of cemeteries, from a Jewish cemetery with an area of 33 hectares to a Jewish family cemetery certified by the United Nations. This is also because the descendants of the Jews have been moving the graves for decades so as not to spoil the beauty of Warsaw.
It's a place where visitors can't laugh and a place to warn the world to stay away from war. Hope: The war is over, and the calm remains.