back...PGE becoming a Patron of the Museum of Polish Children – Victims of Totalitarianism

The tragic fate of the inmates of the Nazi German concentration camp for Polish children on Przemysłowa Street in Łódź, the report on war losses in Poland and unaccounted for German crimes were the topics discussed during a debate organized by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. at the Museum of Polish Children – Victims of Totalitarianism on November 24.

PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna has established cooperation with the Museum of Polish Children – Victims of Totalitarianism, becoming its patron. Within the framework of the cooperation, on November 24, 2022, the Museum held a debate entitled “The Nazi German concentration camp for Polish children in Łódź on Przemysłowa Street”.

‘The goal of our Museum is to commemorate with dignity the former prisoners of the German concentration camp on Przemysłowa Street, where starvation rations, tough work and violence were a daily occurrence. It should be particularly noted that the prisoners of this place were innocent children between the ages of 2 and 16. The Germans created a place for Polish children during World War II that was hell in the minds of the camp’s inmates’, explains dr Ireneusz Piotr Maj, director of the Museum.

One of the participants in the debate was Children’s Ombudsman Mikołaj Pawlak.

‘The story of the Nazi German concentration camp for Polish children is the story of the wartime cruelty of the Germans, the starvation, bestial torture and murder of defenceless children, even a few years old. It is a story the world cannot forget. This is a story that, thanks to the emerging Museum of Polish Children, will forever be a reminder of what man is capable of. This is a story that can never and nowhere happen and be repeated again’,the Children’s Ombudsman noted.

Wojciech Dąbrowski, president of the management board of PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna, pointed out that during World War II, the camp on Przemysłowa Street in Łódź was the only camp for children in all of Europe.

‘The site bears witness to the exceptional cruelty of the German occupiers. PGE has for years been involved in initiatives to nurture the memory of Polish history. That is why we became a partner of the Museum of Polish Children – Victims of Totalitarianism in Łódź. Through our cooperation, we want to recall the history of Polish children imprisoned and murdered in the German camp, and in this way restore their deserved memory,’stressed the president of the management board of PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna.

Economists and co-authors of the report on war losses in Poland also took part in the discussion, namely prof. dr hab. Jan Jacek Sztaudynger and prof. dr hab. Paweł Baranowski. The conversation was moderated by editor Tadeusz Płużanski, a historian and publicist.

After the debate, the conference participants went to the “Broken Heart” monument, where they laid flowers and lit grave candles.