The President will pay a visit to Westerplatte where the first WWII battle in Europe took place in 1939. She will lay flowers at the Westerplatte Monument in memory of the coast defenders.
At the European Solidarity Centre in Gdansk, the President together with other European heads of state and famous historians will participate in discussions on the legacy of World War II and its lessons for Europe today.
Taking part in the two-part discussion, as planned, will be European Council President Donald Tusk, Polish President Bronisław Komorowski, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Slovenian President Borut Pahor, Hungarian President János Áder, Czech President Miloš Zeman, Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, as well as eminent historians Timothy Snyder, Yuri Afanasyev, Norman Davies, Georges-Henri Soutou, and Stefan Troebst.
Following the discussions, the President will pay tribute to the Polish shipyard workers who were killed during anti-communist protests in 1970.
Dalia Grybauskaitė will also mark the end of World War II in Lithuania. On May 8, she will lay flowers at the Paneriai Memorial and will attend a concert dedicated to the victims of war in Vilnius Congress Hall.
World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in human history. More than 60 million people were killed in this war, mainly civilians. It involved 61 countries.
